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Originally Posted by Duke I also frequently check WhoIs info to see who I am dealing with. If anyone can register a domain in someone else's name, what is to stop them from registering one in the name of a well-known reputable domainer, set up an email account then start sending out phony sale offers at very low prices. People check the WhoIs and go "Oh I know him, this must be legit" and they send off the money which will never be seen again. In addition to them being conned the person's name that was used without his knowledge has his reputation trashed. |
I fully agree. I monitor some keywords including my last name. On the 28th, my monitoring list inicated a .com including my name was registered in the .info. In checking the whois, It indiatated I had registered the name. I knew I hadn't, but at first thought I'd picked it up in a drop or something. However, it was in none of my accounts and at a registrar I'd never heard of. I started doing research, but was fearful, particularly since the domain contained my name, that a third party was putting a domain in my name and may point it toward bad content, use it for spamming with my name in the whois, etc. I was very worried.
I am totally against the way enom/sipence has handled this. They should have immediately sent an email to all domain holders indicating what they had done, or put the domains in their own name unless accepted by the .com version owner.
The cornering of the .info market at the expense of affilias is what I refer to as a brilliant idea not covered in other threads. The handling of it with the owners of other versions is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen and IS covered in other threads. My point here is looking at what they've done, not necessarily the blunderous way they've done it. I'm not even sure they really even knew the full ramifications for themselves or the end users when they decided to do this.