Speaking on Go Daddy’s tepid response to a series of malware attacks on its servers, Jason Remillard makes an interesting point on his blog: Could BP learn from our industry?
Perhaps what is really needed here is some good solid case law to remind vendors and service providers of their responsibilities.
Verisign promotes ConsoliDate, its Expiration Synchronization service to Registrars to upsell to Registrants – STAY AWAY!!!
It may sound tempting, but having all the expiration dates synchronized to one will make it easier for Registrars to target your entire portfolio at once!
I’m keeping my domain names with all their year-round original expiration dates!
ICANN Bulk Transfer
I respond to your October 31, 2009, letter to the President, with a copy to the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. You suggest that ICANN’s Bulk Transfer After Partial Portfolio Acquisition rule, which establishes procedures governing the transfer of a portion of domain names from one registrar to another through an acquisition, may violate the Federal antitrust laws. ICANN’s bulk transfer rule does not appear to violate the antitrust laws. 
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