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Ok, so I have been searching names for .xxx with the Whois of the ICM Registry (http://www.icmregistry.com/whois/), and yeah, I've read about the state of their roll-out thus far - but WOW - have you ever seen a Registry do this before:
For a number of days, a particular word(s) have been Available to hand-reg. with .xxx
The word(s) could be seen as 2 separate words or a compound word, gaining just over 10M and just under 10M Global Monthy Searches on Google Keyword Tool respectively.
So after realizing Yeah - go get this name! ...I come to find it is now:
"This name will be awarded after an auction. Click xxxauctions.pool.com for more information." (FYI... http://xxxauctions.pool.com/ does not even load atm)
I did not do any domaining yesterday, but the name was available all last week, and I am pretty sure right up to Christmas Eve, but as of this morning - the Grinch has Taken Christmas!!
All of a sudden, the name is now Not Available to rego and has been removed from the wild to the profiting of the ICM Registry and Pool!?!
Have you ever seen this maneuver before with a domain extension/registry? ...during a roll-out or otherwise? I haven't :S
How can I find out if this is allowable? Is this within ICANN Policy and/or ICM Registry Policy?
Is there someone I can report this too?
Is this legal?
Or, as per usual, am I just SOL?
For a number of days, a particular word(s) have been Available to hand-reg. with .xxx
The word(s) could be seen as 2 separate words or a compound word, gaining just over 10M and just under 10M Global Monthy Searches on Google Keyword Tool respectively.
So after realizing Yeah - go get this name! ...I come to find it is now:
"This name will be awarded after an auction. Click xxxauctions.pool.com for more information." (FYI... http://xxxauctions.pool.com/ does not even load atm)
I did not do any domaining yesterday, but the name was available all last week, and I am pretty sure right up to Christmas Eve, but as of this morning - the Grinch has Taken Christmas!!
All of a sudden, the name is now Not Available to rego and has been removed from the wild to the profiting of the ICM Registry and Pool!?!
Have you ever seen this maneuver before with a domain extension/registry? ...during a roll-out or otherwise? I haven't :S
How can I find out if this is allowable? Is this within ICANN Policy and/or ICM Registry Policy?
Is there someone I can report this too?
Is this legal?
Or, as per usual, am I just SOL?
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