Wednesday April
11, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. in US District Court in Greensboro, North
Carolina we will be having
a hearing before Magistrate Judge Sharp regarding our request for a
preliminary injunction. We
have requested that RegisterFly immediately release all domain names,
allowing them to be transferred to a new registrar. However, since we believe that
RegisterFly may be on the verge of shutdown, we are also moving for an
immediate injunction, asking the Court to order that RegisterFly turn
over all data to ICANN, so that information still
“trapped” will be safe when RegisterFly inevitably crashes
completely.
While the hope
is that the Court will grant an injunction requiring the release of all
domain names, and that RegisterFly will comply… data escrow may,
at least, protect you from permanent loss of ownership, even if we are
unable to get RegisterFly to release domains without further court
action. This is an
inadequate remedy at best for those still trapped, but we hope to get
the parties moving toward a resolution.
If you live
anywhere nearby, and can possibly make it, please join us in the
courtroom. I know many of you live far away, even in distant countries,
but I will be fighting for you whether you can be present or
not. Thank you all for registering to become a part of the class
action lawsuit against RegisterFly, ICANN, and eNom. We are not yet at the stage for
the Court to certify the case as a class action, so for now, you have
just registered to be part of the case when it is
certified.
While many of
you are eager for more information, and you may have your domain
trapped and your livelihood in danger (as Anne Martinez), I will only
be updating you when I have actual news to give you. I promise I will not be
flooding your mailbox with unwanted spam. You can read the exact court
documents at our web site: http://www.registerfly-lawsuit.com/registerfly-documents/,
and you can check the website for more regular updates http://www.registerfly-lawsuit.com/developments/.
Of course, we
will give you a complete report as soon as we have any further
details. Thank you for
continuing to contribute your thoughts and evidence to this
effort!
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