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Originally Posted by u-Bob
The ICM is just like Netfirms. They both sell subdomains. Netfirms sells them under their domain, netfirms.com. The ICM Registry sells them under their top level domain, .xxx.
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That's all fine and good. That has nothing to do with paying them to block the registration of TM domains.
You are really reaching to try to make a point. At the end of the day, its 100% fact that a domain registrar has zero liability for domains that are registered, the intent of the registrant, how those domains are eventually used and so on. They offer a service. If people don't want/need the service, people have no obligation to use it. A TM domain would be handled just as it is anywhere else. Lawyers send a menacing letter demanding the domain be turned over or they will be sued. That is no different than any other domain today. One single extension out of what?... 150? Why does it matter to anyone what ICM policies are? Is anyone getting their panties in a twist when someone registers mysexsite.lv?
At the end of the day, Manwin is simply cleaning up their image by pretending to take a popular stance. I didn't read their case, but it can't be based solely on ICM Registry "allowing" the registration of TM Domains because a registrar has no liability.