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<h2><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">News
Alert</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09feb10-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09feb10-en.htm</a></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Two Registrars
Lose ICANN Accreditation</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9
February 2010</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ICANN terminated its
accreditation agreement with two registrars ISPREG LTD and SBNames Ltd for
failure to comply with the requirements of the Registrar Accreditation
Agreement (RAA), the contract between ICANN and registrars that governs the
registration of domain names under generic top-level domains such as dot-com
and dot-org.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Letters have been sent to
each registrar outlining the decision and reason behind the decision.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Related Links:</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Letter to ISPREG LTD: <a href="http://www.icann.org/correspondence/giza-to-petrov-ispreg-09feb10-en.pdf">http://www.icann.org/correspondence/giza-to-petrov-ispreg-09feb10-en.pdf</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Letter to SBNames: <a href="http://www.icann.org/correspondence/giza-to-petrov-sbnames-09feb10-en.pdf">http://www.icann.org/correspondence/giza-to-petrov-sbnames-09feb10-en.pdf</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To protect registrants, ICANN
has initiated a process to identify a qualified and accredited registrar to
take over management of the domain names formerly managed by ISPREG LTD and
SBNames Ltd through a bulk transfer. Guidance is provided below for registrants
who may be affected by this action.</span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Frequently Asked Questions</span></h3>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. If I have domain
names with a registrar that lost its accreditation, will I lose my domain
names?</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A. No. Your registrar’s gTLD
names will be transferred to another registrar, as described below. Two-letter
country-code (ccTLD) names, such as dot-in and dot-us, are not affected by this
process.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. Will I be charged
for this process?</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A. No, the transfer process
itself is provided free of any charge to registrants. You should note, however,
that it will not change the current expiration date of your domain name
registration. After the bulk transfer process is completed, you will be
contacted by the registrar that receives the terminated registrar’s domain
names about your options.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. How long will it
take ICANN to identify someone to receive the domain names?</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A. We expect to identify a
qualified registrar to receive domain names within 30 days; however, the
process of identifying a qualified registrar and completing the transfer of
registration information may, on occasion, take longer than expected. ICANN
will post a notice on its website when a qualified registrar has been
identified.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. What do I need to
do now?</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A. You do not need to do
anything right now. You will be contacted by the company that receives the
domain names registered through your registrar in due course.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. What if I want to
register my domain with a company other than the one that is chosen for the
bulk transfer?</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A. You will be able to
transfer your domain to a different registrar after the bulk transfer, assuming
that no other condition exists to support a denial of the transfer.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please note that, the gaining
registrar is allowed to deny transfers for the first 60 days following the bulk
transfer. If the gaining registrar allows, you may move your domain in those
first 60 days; otherwise, you will need to wait 60 days before approaching a
different registrar and requesting a transfer. For more information on the
transfer of a registration between registrars, please see the Inter-Registrar
Transfer Policy, at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/transfers/policy-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/transfers/policy-en.htm</a>.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. My domain name
with my registrar was about to expire. How can I make sure it does not get lost
in the transfer?</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A. If a registration is due
to expire within the next 30 days, ICANN will request that it be auto-renewed
by the registry and maintained in its auto-renew grace period.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. What if my domain
name is registered by a Whois privacy or proxy service?</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A. If the privacy or proxy
service is the registrant of record for your domain name(s), you should ensure
that the service forwards to you any information it receives from the
ICANN-accredited registrar selected to receive the bulk transfer.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. What does it mean
that my registrar’s accreditation agreement was terminated?</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A. Your registrar breached
one or more provisions of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and
failed to cure the breach (es) within the time period allowed by that contract.
As a result, your registrar’s contract with ICANN was terminated and it is no
longer ICANN-accredited. This means that your registrar will no longer be
permitted to register generic top-level domain names (such as dot-com and dot-org)
or continue to manage such registrations.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. How will the
domain name transfer process work?</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A. ICANN will follow the
De-Accredited Registrar Transition Procedure (posted at <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/processes/registrars/de-accredited-registrar-transition-procedure-01oct08.pdf">http://www.icann.org/en/processes/registrars/de-accredited-registrar-transition-procedure-01oct08.pdf</a>
[PDF, 119K]) which is intended to ensure a timely transition in the event of
the de-accreditation of a registrar.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In summary, the De-Accredited
Registrar Transition Procedure is initiated by providing the de-accredited
registrar an opportunity to propose a receiving registrar at or about the same
time ICANN posts a request for registrars to submit expressions of interest if
they wish to be considered as potential recipients of a bulk transfer.
Registrars are typically given one week to submit their expressions of
interest. ICANN considers several factors in deciding whether to authorize a
bulk transfer to the proposed registrar, and the transfer can only be approved
if it would promote the community interest.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If the de-accredited
registrar fails to propose a receiving registrar or if ICANN determines that
the proposed transfer would not promote the community interest, ICANN will
review all submitted expressions of interest and invite all qualified
registrar-applicants to participate in a one-week negotiation period. In the
negotiation period, the registrar-applicants must submit competitive proposals
that will be scored on pre-determined, objective criteria. The qualified
registrar with the highest score will be selected to receive the bulk transfer
of names.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Once the receiving registrar
is selected, ICANN will provide it with available registration data and notify
the registries to effect the bulk transfer after the data has been integrated
into the receiving registrar’s systems. The receiving registrar will then send
notices to the affected registrants, with instructions on how to begin managing
names with the receiving registrar.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. Will the chosen
receiving registrar receive my registration data for my domain names?</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A. The registration data for
the gTLD names formerly managed by your registrar will be provided to the
receiving registrar. This information will allow the receiving registrar to
contact all registrants and create customer accounts for them so they may
quickly begin managing their registrations. If your name is registered by a
Whois privacy or proxy service, the receiving registrar will typically only receive
the Whois privacy or proxy service registrant information.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. What if my domain
name was deleted before my registrar was de-accredited, but I want it back?</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A. If the name is available
for registration, you may register it with your preferred ICANN-accredited
registrar (see <a href="http://www.internic.net/regist.html">http://www.internic.net/regist.html</a>).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If the name has since been
registered by someone else, you have at least three options:</span></p>
<ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Work
out an agreement with the current registrant.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Wait
to see if the current registrant lets the domain name expire.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> If
you believe the domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a
trademark or service mark in which you have rights, and the current
registrant has registered and is using the name in bad faith (and has no
rights or legitimate interests in the name), you can begin an
administrative proceeding under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution
Policy (UDRP). (Note: this is a narrow category, so you should proceed
with caution.) For more details on this option, including a list of
dispute resolution service providers, please see <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/udrp.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/udrp.htm</a>.</span></li></ol>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please note that the UDRP
applies only to domain names in generic top-level domains (such as dot-com and
dot-net). Dispute resolution policies vary in other TLDs such as dot-in, dot-uk
and the 240+ other country code top-level domains. You may wish to seek legal
advice to determine if the UDRP is applicable to your situation, or to assist
in identifying additional alternatives.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Q. I have read
everything above but I still have some questions. Whom should I contact?</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">A. The receiving registrar
will contact you shortly after the bulk transfer takes place. You should
contact this registrar first with any issues. If you are still not able to get
an answer to your questions, you may contact ICANN’s contractual compliance
team at <a href="mailto:compliance@icann.org">compliance@icann.org</a>.</span></p>
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