Hypothetical question

revsorg · Feb 14, 2003

I am wondering about Nominet, the body that registers .co.uk addresses.

Is there any legal reason that would stop:

- Nominet
- Someone who works for Nominet
- or someone outside of Nominet working with individuals within Nominet

from registering expired addresses without letting them be made available to the general public for registration first.

Please note that I am not suggesting that this has ever happened, or questioning Nominet's credibility in any way. I am am asking whether there is any legal framework regarding the way Nominet has been established that would stop this behaviour.

DomainPairs · Feb 19, 2003

The high moral standards of their employees would make this unthinkable.

BGray · Feb 19, 2003

I've thought about this idea in general many times. I'm sure it has happened before (by someone at some company).

jberryhill · Feb 22, 2003

"Legal reason"... hmmm.... one contractual provision of a TLD delegation is that the delegate should abide by relevant RFC's, which would include RFC1591. That would be an issue between IANA and the ccTLD manager, and would not provide a third party right of action, though.