Now at UDRP that’s not the case, a regular unknown domainer doesn’t stand a chance against a big company with millions and millions of dollars, and all the known horrible decisions just show that’s the way it is, so i prefer to take my chances with a government in a cctld, than with gtld’s if that’s how things keep going.

I believe most domainers will start to feel the same way, if their generic properties start to be taken away from them.

The UDRP has a win rate of 85% for the complainants and we know of lots of horrible decisions where domains, were basically stolen from their owners, so I lose no sleep at night that ccTLD’s are not subject to them.

I just mentioned you wrote you were not for UDRP,
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My vote is that no UDRP is a good thing.

and I just wondered what you thought would be the right solution ? For any extension gtld or cctld. No problem with anything you wrote, I was just saying that its not like everything is great because no ICANN, a country could just take away domains on their own so its not all risk free with cctld. Again IMO

I didn’t make the rules up, just reporting on them.

If there is no UDRP available then recourse would lie in filing suit against the domain holder, the registrar and maybe the registry, but the registry might be based in the foreign country that sponsored the extension.

A ccTLD registry can adopt WIPO rules but few have

But to think oh great ICANN cannot screw with me, but China or France or Cameroon can is a big problem too, you could easily have some political back and forth where a country did not like a trade policy and then make all foreign ownership or maybe just the country you live in specifically have no ownership rights to that countries cctld. Not saying that is going to happen but it could.

Michael you said no UDRP ? What solution do you have for the real cybersquatting ? I mean I read on another blog where guys said they want domainers to contact companies and basically rat out other domainers, I wonder will the phrase “Nobody likes a snitch” become “Nobody likes a snitch except a domainer” Will domainers start whistle blowing on other domainers ? That is an interesting concept IMO.

Sure, the Internet is global. But, borders are inevitable. As with any new frontier, borders are few and far between in the beginning. That usually changes.

Earth is primarily divided into countries.
And, what do countries want?
Gimme a C …Gimme an A …Gimme as S …Gimme an H!
What’s that spell? TAXES!

You can bet the smart countries are going to keep a tight reign on their own country codes. Regulation will increase. Hopefully, fair protection to all parties involved will also increase. Of course, that may depend on lobbyists and special interest groups. So, there will undoubtedly be plenty of room for the average domainer to be “relieved of his investments” if the respective country has not implemented fair laws and processes.

At some point, countries like China and the US will no longer put up with ANY shit at all from some international company or regulatory agency. Eventually, they will assert FULL control of the National Asset known as the country code.

National cybersecurity will eventually mandate this.

One could speculate that all this makes ccTLDs very good investments.

My vote is that no UDRP is a good thing.

No ICANN oversight can run both ways.

A foreign government could pass a rule or law that negatively effects a ccTLD domain you own and you maybe powerless to do much about it