ICANN granted the right to act on transfers as
soon as possible; plan in action
Marina del Rey, CA: Under a preliminary injunction issued
yesterday by US Federal Court Judge, Manuel J. Real, ICANN now has the right
to terminate RegisterFly’s accreditation as soon as possible. The provision
to ICANN of current and accurate data for all of RegisterFly’s domain
names has also been ordered by the Court as RegisterFly failed to meet the
conditions of a temporary restraining order (TRO) which the Court issued on
April 16, 2007.
Following the injunction, ICANN is immediately inviting statements of interest
from accredited registrars starting Monday, 30 April 2007, to act as a transfer
provider, so domain name registrants can gain full access to their domains.
The registrar handling the transfers will temporarily hold the names and help
registrants transfer to any ICANN accredited registrar of their choice.
“Registrants are our first concern. ICANN is following a very determined
approach to returning access to domain name registrants impacted by the collapse
of RegisterFly,” said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN President and CEO.
“ICANN knows that many registrants are anxious for a transfer to occur.
We are committed to making sure this process is put in place as quickly as
possible,” Dr. Twomey added. “While we understand that this process
may be frustrating for some RegisterFly customers, it is the first time that
ICANN has had to intercede in such a way and these steps are being taken to
ensure that the system introduced works as effectively as possible” he
said.
In order to become the transfer provider, registrars must be:
- ICANN accredited for at least two years;
- in compliance with the Registrar Accreditation Agreement;
- able to demonstrate that it possesses the technical and financial qualifications
necessary to operate a registrar with the number of registrations that the
applicant will need to manage if it is selected as the services provider.
The draft Terminated Registrar Procedure is available online at
http://www.icann.org/announcements/terminated-registrar-procedure-27apr07.htm.
The Court decision also requires RegisterFly to immediately post a notice
on its web site as follows:
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS: THE INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS,
THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITY THAT ADMINSTERS THE INTERNET’S DOMAIN NAME
SYSTEM, HAS ISSUED A NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF THIS COMPANY’S ACCREDITATION
TO SERVE AS AN INTERNET DOMAIN REGISTRAR. PLEASE SEE www.icann.org FOR
FUTHER INFORMATION.
Once ICANN finalizes RegisterFly’s termination, the website notice
must be revised to reflect the actual termination of RegisterFly’s accreditation.
Please visit the ICANN Website to view the announcement.
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