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ICANN Finds No Wrong Doing in Domain Front Running

Posted by Zonk on from the i'd-still-buy-the-good-ones-right-away dept.

eldavojohn writes "Remember the investigation ICANN did in domain name front running? Well, it turns out that there was no wrong doing going on at all. What went wrong? Domain name 'tasting', which involves a free five day trial of a domain name, was the big culprit. From the article: 'In some cases ... the committee found that a separate practice of domain name tasting may be causing problems. That refers to someone testing the financial viability of a name for up to five days and then returning it for a full refund, using a loophole in registration policies. Domain tasting can tie up millions of Internet addresses, including ones someone checks but does not buy.' If you check for availability of a website and someone sees you do it and they reserve it before you, it's fair play."

2 of 132 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Wow, I just got hit by this today. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    stop your bitching and moaning fag.

  2. Your comment is full of FAIL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FAIL. You're comment demonstrates a lack of understanding of how things really work. Domain kiters don't use whois. I could tell you more, but... I don't care about you. Plus im really stoned and i need to get some sleep. nite nite bitch.