Not a strange question at all. In my view, the answer is simple. The Registrars Accreditation Agreement allows withdrawal of an ICANN accreditation for many reasons. At times ICANN has used an easy-to-prove rationale for withdrawal. This is the same as in some countries, leaders of organized crime might be jailed for tax evasion. This might not be the worst of their crimes, but the easiest one to prove in a court. Similarly, in cases such as you mention, ICANN might have to use the harder-to-prove provisions in its contracts. Alan At 03/10/2009 08:32 PM, Derek Smythe wrote:
Hi all
I have a strange question.
We all know that the registrar EstDomains is no more based upon certain aspects that were revealed relating to it's director's past.
Of course this was in line with the behavioral requirements to become and stay a registrar.
Now what if a registrar is in a country where cybercrime is a non issue and the registrar is actively being abused or maybe even abusing his position for cybercrime; scam websites, botnets, spamming and CP etc - in fact every form of deviant net behavior not only frowned upon, but would make the reason EstDomains was suspended look like a walk in the park, with many of the acts being advertised as okay.
Domains are set up such as to frustrate law enforcement and lawyers.
How to handle this situation if this situation is being exploited to actively attract the money and business of international cyber criminals who in turn prey upon innocent netizens and central to this is domains? Then to crown it all, ICANN is being used to give the registrar credibility on the same pages attracting cyber criminals!
Derek
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