Here's a question for someone who knows much more about the "system" than I do.
Why can we not buy domain names outright? How come NSI owns them and just
effectively leases them to us. I "own" millar.org as long as I keep paying
for it, but if I forget then someone else can take it. Why can I not buy it
completely and pay a fee to them or someone else to administer it? In that
way if I forgot to pay the admin charge the name would be "unusable" but I
would still own it. Who made these guys God? They are based in the US and
dictate to everyone worldwide. Why does someone in say the UK have to
accept this situation? How can NSI own names? OK I can see that counties
have control of domain extensions eg to, nu, co.uk etc etc but com, net and
org are universal not just USA.
Maybe there is a simple answer to this but I guess I missed it.
Regards
Pete
>Except that the domain registrant is just that - a "registrant" not an
>owner. The NSI Registry is simply leasing the domain name to the end
>user for the specified period of time, never giving up ownership. That
>is why you have to keep repaying!
>--Josh Levine
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