[thelist] domain registrant vs client

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Mon Nov 1 16:48:52 CST 2004


i need a reality check, just to make sure i'm not nuts... the statements below are what i believe to be statements of fact, please correct if i'm wrong...

if a vendor FOO registers a domain for CLIENT, but retains all contact information in FOO's name, including the registrant details themselves, then CLIENT cannot access it...

the Tucows directions for getting the Admin Contact email address (http://helpcenter.tucows.com/index.php?lang=en&catnr=24&faqnr=73&prog=TFC&subcatnr=17#How%20can%20I%20update%20my%20Administrative%20Contact%20email%20address?):

"If the domain is registered to an Organization rather than an individual, you must provide the business registration documents as well as the signed letter of request on company letterhead, and photo ID of the person from the business that is making the request. The registration documents must clearly list the Requester as associated with the Company."

given this scenario, just because the domain is CLIENT.tld, that doesn't mean that CLIENT can send a letter on company letterhead with proof of id and the like to get access to the domain... because the domain registrant is FOO in this case...

at this point, FOO can't just direct CLIENT to submit the information, because CLIENT has no information in the domain other than the coincidence of the CLIENT.tld address...

this is where, if FOO won't sign it over (after acknowledging CLIENT's rightful ownership) you would need the ICANN UDRP process, correct?

and if FOO makes an assertion that CLIENT can just send some information to Tucows to get the Admin Contact changed, that would be a false assertion...




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