ICANN Terminates RegisterFly

gonzo · 03-17-2007

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers late on Friday terminated the Registration Accreditation Agreement under which embattled domain registrar RegisterFly operates.

In the 15-days-in-advance formal notice required under the RegisterFly RAA, ICANN notified the registrar it must cease operating as an ICANN-accredited registrar no later than March 31 and must remove all "ICANN-accredited" logos from its website immediately.
"Terminating accreditation is the strongest measure ICANN is able to take against RegisterFly under its powers," ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Paul Twomey said.

"ICANN has been frustrated and distressed by recent management confusion inside RegisterFly," he continued. "I completely understand the greater frustration and enormous difficulty that this has created for registrants."
Before March 31, RegisterFly is required to unlock and provide all necessary authorization codes in order to facilitate transfer to other registrars of the nearly 2 million domain names it administers. All registrants wishing to transfer away from RegisterFly before March 31 should be allowed to do so efficiently and expeditiously, the ICANN notice stated.

After the agreement is terminated, ICANN can approve a bulk transfer of all current RegisterFly domain names to another ICANN-accredited registrar.
"Of course, RegisterFly does not have to wait until then," Twomey said. "They can request ICANN approve a bulk transfer immediately. I call on RegisterFly to act in the interests of registrants and seek such a transfer from us straight away."

Partially as a result of the RegisterFly situation, ICANN intends to host a forum to discuss reform of its registrar-accreditation policy and process during its general meeting March 26-30 in Lisbon, Portugal. A set of questions and points to inform the discussion will be made public prior to the meeting.
During the first week in March, a U.S. District Court resolved a dispute between RegisterFly's owners, but the decision did not resolve long-standing allegations of fraud, mismanagement, and financial malfeasance within the company. On March 8, ICANN threatened immediate withdrawal of RegisterFly's RAA if the company did not rectify domain registrants' inability to transfer their domains to other registrars and other contractual breaches. Domains the company had not allowed to be transferred were to begin transferring March 12, according to ICANN.

LAJ · 03-17-2007

Are there any numbers for how much $$ everyone was screwed out of ?

gonzo · 03-18-2007

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Originally Posted by LAJ

Are there any numbers for how much $$ everyone was screwed out of ?

I think ICANN is trying to minimize the screw jobs. I have one domain over there that Loki registered so Ill keep up with whtas going on.

Jace · 03-18-2007

I have 127 domains in there

Hell Puppy · 03-19-2007

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Originally Posted by Jace

I have 127 domains in there

Time to pack the truck.

TheEnforcer · 03-19-2007

No surprise there given what i heard about them a short time ago.

gonzo · 03-19-2007

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Originally Posted by TheEnforcer

No surprise there given what i heard about them a short time ago.

Some people dont pay attention to the Oprano Early Warning system!

Jace · 03-19-2007

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Originally Posted by gonzo

Some people dont pay attention to the Oprano Early Warning system!

all the warnings in the world didn't help, I started trying to do something around jan 5th....nothing was able to be transferred

Jace · 03-20-2007

hinc · 03-21-2007

At least its positive that ICANN makes an effort to be on the ball about minimizing damages for everyone.

03-17-2007	#1
gonzo Fat Fucking Nobody Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta,Ga. Posts: 17,795 Blog Entries: 11	ICANN Terminates RegisterFly MARINA DEL REY, Calif. - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers late on Friday terminated the Registration Accreditation Agreement under which embattled domain registrar RegisterFly operates. In the 15-days-in-advance formal notice required under the RegisterFly RAA, ICANN notified the registrar it must cease operating as an ICANN-accredited registrar no later than March 31 and must remove all "ICANN-accredited" logos from its website immediately. "Terminating accreditation is the strongest measure ICANN is able to take against RegisterFly under its powers," ICANN President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Paul Twomey said. "ICANN has been frustrated and distressed by recent management confusion inside RegisterFly," he continued. "I completely understand the greater frustration and enormous difficulty that this has created for registrants." Before March 31, RegisterFly is required to unlock and provide all necessary authorization codes in order to facilitate transfer to other registrars of the nearly 2 million domain names it administers. All registrants wishing to transfer away from RegisterFly before March 31 should be allowed to do so efficiently and expeditiously, the ICANN notice stated. After the agreement is terminated, ICANN can approve a bulk transfer of all current RegisterFly domain names to another ICANN-accredited registrar. "Of course, RegisterFly does not have to wait until then," Twomey said. "They can request ICANN approve a bulk transfer immediately. I call on RegisterFly to act in the interests of registrants and seek such a transfer from us straight away." Partially as a result of the RegisterFly situation, ICANN intends to host a forum to discuss reform of its registrar-accreditation policy and process during its general meeting March 26-30 in Lisbon, Portugal. A set of questions and points to inform the discussion will be made public prior to the meeting. During the first week in March, a U.S. District Court resolved a dispute between RegisterFly's owners, but the decision did not resolve long-standing allegations of fraud, mismanagement, and financial malfeasance within the company. On March 8, ICANN threatened immediate withdrawal of RegisterFly's RAA if the company did not rectify domain registrants' inability to transfer their domains to other registrars and other contractual breaches. Domains the company had not allowed to be transferred were to begin transferring March 12, according to ICANN. __________________ We are putting the bastards of this world on notice; greed and corruption will always be met with "a voice made of ink and rage." "Never try and be like anyone else" - Hunter S. Thompson "The truth is the truth no matter how you try and package a lie" - Shellee Hale

03-17-2007	#2
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03-18-2007	#4
Jace .... $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,392 Blog Entries: 1	Re: ICANN Terminates RegisterFly I have 127 domains in there

03-19-2007	#6
TheEnforcer Scored VIP to Anton's Piss Tank Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,781	Re: ICANN Terminates RegisterFly No surprise there given what i heard about them a short time ago.

03-20-2007	#9
Jace .... $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,392 Blog Entries: 1	Re: ICANN Terminates RegisterFly

03-21-2007	#10
hinc BDSM Producer/Webmaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Spain Posts: 6	Re: ICANN Terminates RegisterFly At least its positive that ICANN makes an effort to be on the ball about minimizing damages for everyone.