All, Seems that finally ICANN has take at least some measure of action, although limited towards what has been a problem registrar for at least 2 years now. One wonders when ICANN will go after the bigger front runner, NSOL. I personally view this as positive movement, but not nearly enough... What's needed is for ICANN to apply the same of even stronger action towards any registrar or registry that is engaging in these sorts of restraint of trade practices. See: http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/registrars/msg05077.html http://forums.nodaddy.com/index.php?topic=215.msg979 http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=5679&lang=en http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080110-network-solutions-defends-fron... http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/25376 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/08/AR2008030800... An anonymous reader writes "ICANN is finally taking action against Domain Registrar GoDaddy's controversial 'lockdowns'. GoDaddy has long had a policy of 'locking down' domain names for 60 days after a customer updated their contact details. This put customers in a Catch 22 position: ICANN requires customers keep their contact details up to date, or risk having the domain forfeited. Yet during the lockdown period the customer is prevented from transferring the domain from GoDaddy to another registrar. If the lockdown ran over the domain's expiry date, customers were forced to renew with GoDaddy or lose the domain. ICANN proposes to ban this practice. ICANN who is charged with overseeing the Internet has long been accused of giving domain registrars a free ride. But recently after ICANN failed to discipline Network Solutions over a front-running scam, they found themselves both on the wrong end of a lawsuit by lawyers Kabateck Brown Kellner. Is ICANN's action a signal of increased vigilance in policing registrars, or is it a PR move paving the way for a complete removal of US Government oversight?" Regards, Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 281k members/stakeholders strong!) "Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" - Abraham Lincoln "Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt "If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by P: i.e., whether B is less than PL." United States v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947] =============================================================== Updated 1/26/04 CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng. INEG. INC. ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com My Phone: 214-244-4827