alert Penalty For Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

[larryscott2559]

SIGN THIS PETITION PLEASE!

When a rightful domain owner files a counter complaint of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking and the complainant is found guilty of acting in bad faith, nothing happens. There is no disciplinary action to deter these types of company from abusing the system.

Please help me deter Reverse Domain Name Hijackers from trying to steal domains because they're too cheap to pay for the negotiated price. The legendary domainer Rick Schwartz created a website HallofShame.com to shame these people that operate in bad faith trying to steal domain names from the rightful owners. When found Guilty of RDNH, there is no punishment. I wanted to take it a step further and have a petition signed so a legislation is set in place to punish these types of people from operating in bad faith. Hopefully I can get Rick Schwartz to sign it as well considering we feel the same about the issue. Sign and share this. Please and thank you.

https://www.change.org/p/icann-penalty-for-reverse-domain-hijacking
https://www.change.org/p/icann-penalty-for-reverse-domain-hijacking

 

[Kate]

And raising it to $3000 would help pay for the 3 judge panel and might also stop many frivolous fillings.

I think filing a UDRP is already expensive enough. Put yourself in the shoes of TM holders. They spend a lot of money just to defend their brands, to take down domains they don't even want.
Of course, the big companies can afford the costs, but they shouldn't have to. For small businesses a UDRP is not cheap. The price is a deterrent. I hope I will never have to file one, but it's something I know could happen. I develop brands, I do domain monitoring and I am proactive.

The thing is, the vast majority of UDRPs are won and therefore do not seem to be frivolous. And the majority are clear-cut cases, there is no benefit to a 3-member panel. One is sufficient. But either party can always pay for three, the option is available.

The only problem is when valuable domains are targeted, because some people are seeing UDRP like a cheap lottery ticket to take over valuable domains. But you can always sue in court for monetary damages (again, it's been done).
I don't think UDRP panels should become enforcement agencies, tracking down registrants worldwide to enforce payments of the 'fines', this will increase costs and add bureaucracy.

I repeat myself, but icann are doing enough of a mess (the new transfer policy being a good example), and they know how to fix what ain't broken. If they see this thread they will certainly want to 'enhance' it but not like you would want: they will make squatters pay. So if you want to make it fair, then the losing party should always pay the costs associated with the complaint. Why only the complainant should be fined and not the squatter ? This is not fair at all in my view.

 

[larryscott2559]

I signed it

Thanks!


For those of you that are interested I had email the legendary domainer Rick Schwartz about this issue and he forwarded my email to one of his buddies suggesting the petition be placed on HallofShame.com. I have yet to hear anymore about this or seen a link to the petition on the site yet but If you do see it please share it.