You may soon lose control over your domain if ICANN's IRT recommendations are accepted.

Incase you are not aware - URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension) is the 'new concept' launched by ICANN (to make more money... and yeah, they are here to restore the world order... cleaning internet world from cyber sqatters)

Here is a summary
Trademark owners can file a case with ICANN under URS for $200 for domain that 'may' violate TM norms (and it gets absurd with the prices coming down to $1.5 when done on mass scale - you dont' get discount only for bulk booking eh!). So on recieving the complaint, domain is moved to 'frozen state' (Transfer / Update prohibited) within 24 hours, and 24 hours to admin contact to respond to the violation case. Failure to respond - may lead to IRT accpeting business owners claim to the domain. 14 days to file a formal response (you all do have a battery of lawyers to work for you 24x7 isn't it .. so who cares if your domain stops to resolve after first 24 hours and your website revenue is $000, with possible penalites for violating TM)

URDP would still remain in place - so you may file a case with URDP if you have lost your domain with IRT.

Isn't ICANN so generously transparent to domain owners by not sending a notice about IRT's composition and asking for comments by informing via email to admin contacts!

Read More Here & ICANN

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