My comment began "from an ICANN perspective." For example:
Domain Direct (Canada)
www.domaindirect.com
Domain Direct, a member of The TUCOWS Network, provides the Internet
community with an affordable, easy to use way to register their
Internet domain names. Thousands of companies and individuals
throughout the world have used the service to register their favorite
.com, .net and .org domain names. Domain Direct, a privately held firm
located in Toronto, Canada has been providing domain name registration
services since 1997.
Contact: Ross Wm. Rader, Director, eCommerce
Tel: (416) 239-9095 x 335
Fax. (416) 239-8409
email: ross@domaindirect.com
[http://www.icann.org/registrars/accreditation-qualified-list.html]
ICANN clearly states that this description is provided by each registrar.
As a result, if it is wrong, it seems likely that it is not their error.
Whoever wrote this clear regarded Domain Direct as a legal entity.
-- Mike
On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Ross Wm. Rader wrote:
> > What still hasn't become clear is; who is the ICANN accredited registrar
> > Tucows or OpenSRS? As it can be only one, then why is the second brand
> > omnipresent.
> >
>
> OpenSRS/Domain Direct are nothing more than trademarks in the eyes of the
> law. The ICANN Registrar entity is "TUCOWS.com Inc.". Now if we could just
> get everyone to update their paperwork...
>
> -RWR
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