Re: [gnso-pednr-dt] two real-world examples of PEDNR problems

["Michele Neylon :: Blacknight" <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 16 Jan 2010, at 18:17, Tim Ruiz wrote:

> 
> Not sure thee are PEDNR type problems Mike. In the first case it looks
> like the name went all the way the through the renew grace period and
> redemption grace period before they woke up. If someone ignores or
> doesn't renew until the name becomes available again, that's a different
> issue.


It sounds to me like whoever was in charge of the domain dropped the ball 
completely. 
Now it's the usual blame shifting exercise .. 

If the registrant ignored the renewal reminders the domain would have stopped 
working BEFORE it was available for re-registration



> 
> In the second case, SnapNames' process worked for the RAE. When they
> realized it had expired they were able to renew and recover the name. So
> no recovery problem there, right?


Exactly


> 
> Tim  
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [gnso-pednr-dt] two real-world examples of PEDNR problems
> From: "Mike O'Connor" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, January 16, 2010 9:58 am
> To: PEDNR <gnso-pednr-dt@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> funny how you get "attuned" to things when you're working on them. here
> are a couple of real-life examples.
> 
> this first one is a great example of the degree of confusion that
> exists. the city of Morehead, Kentucky lost their domain on the drop --
> and they're accusing the buyer of cyber-squatting. 
> 
> http://www.themoreheadnews.com/local/local_story_015125424.html
> 
> in a second example, the domain kat.com was pulled from a SnapNames
> auction -- bidding had reached $20k. i'm guessing here -- i bet the RAE
> woke up and got their name renewed post-expiry, thus short-circuiting
> the auction.
> 
> http://www.thedomains.com/2010/01/15/kat-com-is-pulled-out-of-snapnames-com-monthly-auction-with-a-high-bid-of-almost-20k/
> 
> food for thought.
> 
> mikey
> 
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