Re: Transfering a domain

[davidk@ISI.EDU]

Kent,

> Kent Crispin writes :
> 
> davidk@ISI.EDU allegedly said:
> > 
> [...]
> > 
> > Of course this can happen. You can fraud any mechanism. This is exactly
> > the reason why the repository data must be public for everybody so that
> > you can find that your registrar is frauding you.
> 
> It's not a matter of fraud.  You are looking at it only from the
> customer's perspective.  A registrar needs some leverage, as well. 
> Suppose that the cause of the dispute is that the customer just didn't
> pay their bill.  The registrar, acting in good faith, keeps the domain
> in DNS, then suddenly finds that it is no longer representing the
> domain -- a registrar in, well, let's see -- some remote foreign
> country now manages it.  

Too bad for the registrar. They could have asked prepayment or a covered
check. This is nothing different from a shop that allows people buying an
article with an uncovered check. The article (domain name) is delivered
and the check bounces. Good faith is not always such a good idea in
business ...

> You apparently are trying to tip the balance in favor of the consumer,
> and generally that is my bent as well.  But a registrar incurs

Correct.

David K.
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