John and all my friends, I disagree with your conclusion that there is no way to enforce a rule that requires registrars to release warehoused Domain Names despite how they were acquired. They either do so voluntarily or loose their ICANN Accreditation, plain and simple. Further the DOC/NTIA recommends to their business license be revoked as well. You see John, it's a matter of applying the proper leverage to achieve the desired results. Of course the application of such leverage must be justified and the political will to effect such leverage must also be recognized or otherwise mandated in the RAA contracts accordingly. John Levine wrote:
Tucows has been around this field for a very long time; the size and "quality" of its stable of names owes more to its early involvement than the fact it's a registrar.
Actually, they bought most of the names in 2006 when they acquired Netidentity.
I agree that it's pointless to try to forbid registrars from warehousing names, since there's no way to enforce such a rule. I would rather concentrate on consumer related issues like domains used for abusive purposes that have bogus contact into, a serious chronic issue that came up at the MAAWG meeting this afternoon
Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly.
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