[evolt]Re: [thelist] NSI Owns Domain Names

take a look at http://www.domainnamebuyersguide.com/

you don't have to take nsi's bullshit. other registrars DO view the domain
name as YOUR property

furthermore i heard that the change does not take place unless you renew
with them post thr change, tho i can't confirm this.

Regards,
GEORGE DONNELLY
george@cyklotron.com
http://cyklotron.com/
The moral cannibalism of all hedonist and altruist doctrines lies in the
premise that the happiness of one man necessitates the injury of another.
--Ayn Rand

> 
> Aside from the change in the contract, nothing said here is news. I've never
> viewed a domain name as property. You pay NSI $35 US a year (first two years
> upfront) to provide a service: a .com name that is way easier to remember
> than 209.43.23.111 or what have you. If you choose not to continue the
> service (not renew) the service is revoked. This is not entirely unlike the
> way I rent my apartment. I've signed a lease and pay my landlord a monthly
> fee. In exchange I get to live in relative comfort. When the lease is up and
> if I choose to not pay anymore rent, I don't get to live in the apartment
> anymore. My lease also has terms that could void it.
> 
> It does suck that NSI has changed the contract without notice (a right they
> reserved and we acknowledged in the orignal contracts) and opened the door
> for censorship. Knowing this I won't be renewing my domain with them. NSI no
> longer has a monopoly. I've already taken my business elsewhere.
> 
> Check out http://www.easyhosting.com. $15 Canadian a year. With the Canadian
> dollar in the state it is that's less than the cost of a pizza for a lot of
> people.
> 
> --Steve