[CLUE-Tech] domain name squatting

[Crawford Rainwater]

On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 12:00, clue-tech-request at clue.denver.co.us wrote:
>    2. domain name squatting (Jeff Cann)

> Message: 2
> From: Jeff Cann <j.cann at isuma.org>
> Organization: isuma.org
> To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:18:39 -0600
> Subject: [CLUE-Tech] domain name squatting
> Reply-To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
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> Greetings,
> 
> Is there any recourse to obtain a domain name, registered by another party, 
> which is not being used?  The name in question has been registered for 4 
> years and appears to be renewed annually.  It does not appear to be squatted 
> by a squatting company as the home page is a register.com 'coming soon', 
> rather than 'this domain for sale'.
> 
> Has anyone had any experience in this matter?  What are some suggestions to 
> pry it away?  My only experience was when someone asked me for a domain name 
> I was no longer using.  I gave it to him gratis. 
> 
> Jeff

Try to email the present registered person/group and make an inquiry. 
Worse case, an offer for the remainder time that would be reasonable
(i.e., registration costs, transfer costs, etc.).  If there is no
response, contact the domain registrar and make further inquiries to
them with the side info that you have tried contacting the domain name
registered person/group with no success.  If they cannot give you proper
contact information, then they have to do something about it since there
has now been cases of domain registrars being held liable for that (due
to the SPAM-CAN deal).

Just some thoughts.  HTH.

--- Crawford
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