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Substance to the Verisign conspiracy theory

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I registered the domain sportsad back on 10th december 2000 with IDR. IDR was bought out by Verisign and domains transferred to them. I decided not to renew the domain.

All ok so far.

Just checked the WHOIS and its in somone elses ownership - BUT its got my nameservers and my creation date.

In other words, this domain was never dropped but changed hands at the registrar level.

Registrant:
DomainSource.com, Inc. (EWUWRVVLKD)
PO BOX 2200
Abtos, CA 95001
US

Domain Name: SPORTSAD.COM

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Domain Admin (GPTKQPILOO) andrew@domainsource.com
Domain Admin
PO Box 2200
Aptos, CA 95001
US
831-688-4488 fax: 831-688-4800

Record expires on 10-Dec-2002.
Record created on 10-Dec-2000.
Database last updated on 12-Jul-2002 13:45:36 EDT.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS.STATESSERVER.COM 64.29.16.227
NS2.STATESSERVER.COM 64.29.17.227
 
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Originally posted by safesys
I registered the domain sportsad back on 10th december 2000 with IDR. IDR was bought out by Verisign and domains transferred to them. I decided not to renew the domain.

All ok so far.

Just checked the WHOIS and its in somone elses ownership - BUT its got my nameservers and my creation date.

In other words, this domain was never dropped but changed hands at the registrar level.

Registrant:
DomainSource.com, Inc. (EWUWRVVLKD)
PO BOX 2200
Abtos, CA 95001
US

Domain Name: SPORTSAD.COM

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Domain Admin (GPTKQPILOO) andrew@domainsource.com
Domain Admin
PO Box 2200
Aptos, CA 95001
US
831-688-4488 fax: 831-688-4800

Record expires on 10-Dec-2002.
Record created on 10-Dec-2000.
Database last updated on 12-Jul-2002 13:45:36 EDT.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS.STATESSERVER.COM 64.29.16.227
NS2.STATESSERVER.COM 64.29.17.227

Hey safe, thats how SEX.COM was stolen back in the day...
and YES the same company Networksolutions was to blame .
I guess they never learnt their lesson.
I would Sue their Asses ! :)
 

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It was a domain I let expire, so its not technically been stolen - its the fact it wasn't dropped but appears to have changed ownership by some inhouse agreement with the new registrant rather than hitting the registry deletion process.
 

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That's pretty damning..lol...
 

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In other words, this domain was never dropped but changed hands at the registrar level.



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goes on all the time
 

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These stories like sys just reported really suck eggs. I am pissed at such registrar thievery.
 

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interesting stuff, though I think its not uncommon, also have heard of it happening with register.com a bit.
 

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Is there any legal condition to say that the registrar of the name cannot take control of the name for non-payment of renewal?

I've seen many fine print that points out they can if they want.
 

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I think stuff like this happens all the time (they we don't hear about)
can you say... INSIDER'S JOB.?
 

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I think registrars are interested in good names just like the rest of us domainers. What is disgusting is that ICANN doesn't have the teeth to police them. So its really a game of which man is more opportunistic.
 

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There will be more to follow on the ICANN "insider trading scandal."
 
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