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Fake Bank Site, Fake Registrar

• Comment posted Mar 28, 2012 2:29 pm PDT — by Thomas Barrett
  Perhaps you could provide us with which registrar's Port 43 you checked to retrieve this record?

ICANN Senate Hearing: The Battle Between Intellectual Property and Multistakeholderism

• Comment posted Dec 12, 2011 10:10 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  Actually, our experience shows that new TLD's help small businesses more than large businesses.  Small businesses are more likely to be attracted to a new TLD for their primary internet address.  It allows them to get a domain name matching…

ICANN Board - GAC Geneva Meeting: Open to Observers?

• Comment posted Jan 06, 2011 3:29 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  Mike, Hopefully this was ICANN's plan anyway. You have EnCirca's support for sending this letter. Tom Barrett

Red Tape Set to Snuff Out Online Identity of Wales

• Comment posted Nov 09, 2010 4:50 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  The real motivation behind this restriction is to avoid potential confusion/competition with two-letter ccTLD's, especially for the same territory. Presumably these ISO three letter codes are available to the government they are designated for?  So, if Cayman Islands so desired,…

Could .NAME be the Killer App ENUM is Waiting For?

• Comment posted Sep 18, 2010 10:39 pm PDT — by Thomas Barrett
  John, Could you elaborate?  what do you mean by "random land grabs and investing bogus IP claims" What is wrong with opening up previously inaccessible namespace?  Who exactly is harmed? How is this different from when ccTLD's like .us and…

• Comment posted Sep 18, 2010 12:22 pm PDT — by Thomas Barrett
  FYI.  I added company name to the "title" field. Tom Barrett EnCirca

Who Is Blocking WHOIS? Part 2

• Comment posted Jul 03, 2010 1:06 am PDT — by Thomas Barrett
  Dear John, I admire the business model you have developed with LegitScript.  In addition, it appears it could be a solid source that registrars could utilize when investigating complaints. However, the crux of the issue is expressed beautifully by the…

When Registrars Look the Other Way, Drug-Dealers Get Paid

• Comment posted May 12, 2010 9:02 pm PDT — by Thomas Barrett
  Dear Garth, You appear to have good intent, but your energies are being wasted as it appears you are confused with the contractual duties of registrars. Registrars have several contracts: 1. with icann 2. with registries 3. with customers these…

• Comment posted May 05, 2010 6:05 pm PDT — by Thomas Barrett
  Enforcing the law is the job of law enforcement and the judicial system.  Your energy would be better directed towards the direction of the institutions set up to deal these problems rather trying to circumvent them and have ICANN registrars…

China Won't Repeat Protectionist Past in Digital Realm

• Comment posted Apr 14, 2010 7:44 pm PDT — by Thomas Barrett
  China's recent changes this year regarding who can acquire .cn domain names is all about protectionsim. Previously, any company or individual could obtain a .cn domain name.  Over 13 million domain names were registered as a result, making .cn the…

XXX Saga Continues

• Comment posted Feb 24, 2010 3:12 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  Mike, you say that "the artifacts of accountability established in the Bylaws, reconsideration and IRP fail.  They are, legally, self-referential and thus viewed by many governments as self-serving." I agree if ICANN is viewed by the others as believing that…

Post Delegation Dispute: A Once Supportable Concept Proposed by the IRT is Now Unsupportable

• Comment posted Oct 08, 2009 1:24 am PDT — by Thomas Barrett
  Jeff, It looks like ICANN really messed up on this one.  Let’s hope they act fast and decisively to restart this effort. There are two scenarios I can think of as possible causes of this mess: 1. ICANN has decided…

What is Good Policy for a Domain Name Registry?

• Comment posted Jan 09, 2009 8:07 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  Dear Patrik, This is an interesting post.  I would like to provide another perspective on "Good" Policy. Let's not confuse current efforts to curtail, tax or eliminate the Add Grace period as "Good" Policy. Many of the long-time policies in…

Domain Front Running by Registrars Continues to Draw Attention

• Comment posted Jan 09, 2008 6:42 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  This is simply a new reservation service that customers will appreciate.  I find it difficult to believe any laws are being violated. There are other similar models (airline seats and concert tickets come to mind) that place a hold on…

More on WHOIS Privacy

• Comment posted Sep 04, 2007 8:52 pm PDT — by Thomas Barrett
  As a registrar, I would not call this Whois record "completely bogus".  There is no ICANN policy that says optional fields in the Whois cannot be used for something else, especially if they are not needed to identify the contact.…

ICANN Board to Vote on Domain Tasting Measure

• Comment posted Oct 21, 2006 2:38 am PDT — by Thomas Barrett
  EnCirca willingly cancels any registration within the 5-day add-grace period, for any reason. We also use the 5-day grace period for another reason:  stolen credit cards.  These are orders where a valid credit card is submitted with the correct billing…

Nation of Cameroon Typo-Squats the Entire .com Space

• Comment posted Aug 07, 2006 2:29 pm PDT — by Thomas Barrett
  You could say the only "trademark" that is being typo-squatted here is ".com".  And since no one has a trademark on ".com", there is no UDRP dispute or trademark suit possible here. These are not "registrations", so specific trademarks are…

Sponsored TLD Unnecessary? Ron Andruff Responds to Forrester Research

• Comment posted Feb 23, 2006 10:21 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  John, I think you just proved my point.  .edu and .org domains were first registered in 1985.  They are twenty-one years old. .coop and .museum are just infants in comparison. Calling them failures by comparing them to 21-year olds is…

• Comment posted Feb 23, 2006 8:46 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  When I hear people opine about "success" or "failure", I remind myself that they are talking solely with respect to their own expectations. Regarding the new tld's, there are a lot of people with unrealistic expectations.  TLD's not meeting their…

WIPO Crowing Again About "Cybersquatting"

• Comment posted Feb 03, 2006 12:51 am PST — by Thomas Barrett
  WIPO has been busy marketing itself in other ways as well. I subscribed to a domain news feed from Moreover.  Once a week or so, the daily email is overflowing with headlines of WIPO dispute decisions. Apparently, WIPO believes that…

Time to Renew .coop, .museum, and .aero ICANN

• Comment posted Jan 03, 2006 12:39 am PST — by Thomas Barrett
  I can assure you that these companies have not stopped at just protecting their trademarks. In the coming months, you will see well known destinations start to migrate to .travel domains.  I know of several that have already made the…

• Comment posted Jan 02, 2006 7:25 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  Here are some additional information and corrections regarding .travel.  The registry actually has a very well-planned and deliberate start-up period for the domain. - Today's .travel milestone refers to the elimination of a wait period for newly authenticated registrants.  .travel…

Why Restricted TLDs Should Not Be Gatecrashed

• Comment posted Mar 31, 2005 6:59 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  "The entire DNS industry should ensure that the public has the highest confidence that changes are being introduced to the DNS according to a well-defined process based on consensus… The Internet Community, as well as the various ICANN constituencies deserves…

Spirit of .Pro, Where Art Thou?

• Comment posted Mar 29, 2005 9:24 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  Jothan, Maybe an example would help: In order for meatball.pro to resolve, it needs to be associated with two third level domains in different professions. For example: sauce.cpa.pro and pasta.eng.pro could qualify. These two domains will resolve only after professional…

Shambles at the .Pro Registry

• Comment posted Mar 20, 2005 11:23 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  We cannot respond to the multiple misstatements, mischaracterizations and errors put forth by Mr. Henderson as to the facts surrounding Encirca's ProForwarding program.  We only note that: 1.  All EnCirca .pro registrations have verified credentials prior to the activation of…

Domain Owners Lose Privacy

• Comment posted Mar 10, 2005 10:20 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  Bob, Your letter is right on point about privacy issues in the Whois.  This fight is worth fighting, at a minimum, to force the NTIA to conduct an open debate about this issue and all future policy-related issues.  Personally, I…

dotMP Goes Mobile, Limits Access to WHOIS Data

• Comment posted Nov 23, 2004 3:23 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  Way to go dotMP! dotMp's restrictive Whois policy is a good example of how giving consumers more than one alternative will help spur innovation in the marketplace. As the first round of new ICANN tld's have demonstrated, even with millions…

The Site Finder Report: Dr. Stephen Crocker, Chair of the Committee

• Comment posted Jul 16, 2004 4:03 am PDT — by Thomas Barrett
  Dear Steve, I was hoping that ICANN would establish a forum for public comments on your Report.  But this forum will do. I represent one of the 15 other tld's (PW) that use the wildcard mechanism: the group is listed…

New Mobile Domain Another Bad Idea

• Comment posted Mar 18, 2004 12:06 am PST — by Thomas Barrett
  There are two very important issues being raised here when it comes to online identities. 1. portability 2. navigation 1. portability.  What does this mean?  It needs to be framed in relation to something.  In the context of email, I…

• Comment posted Mar 17, 2004 9:19 pm PST — by Thomas Barrett
  The PW domain will address some of these issues. The PW will reserve all second level domains.  There are no distinctions between made-up words, generics or trademarked terms.  They are all reserved.  Anyone who wants to can form a community…

Communicate.com to Receive $1 Million for Four Domain Names

• Comment posted Sep 05, 2003 3:13 am PDT — by Thomas Barrett
  This doesn't pass the sniff test for a bona fide transaction.  These are essentially four parking pages.