In message <44C4BAF8-F707-4A2C-816B-52096EF5E0EB@blacknight.com>, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele@blacknight.com> wrote:
I don't think many registrars are trying to abdicate responsibility
You are 100% correct sir. They are not. The word "abdicate" implies that they actually _had_ some responsibility in the first place. But the registrar community had lobbied long and hard to insure that they have never, and will never have any legal liability or responsibility for anything, ever, no matter how bad. So the correct applicable word in this case is not "abdication". It is "avoidance".
As a registrar of record....
Gee! And I was just about to compliment you for your selfless and vocal defence of the poor downtrodden and much msunderstood domain registrars, to which you yourself have no connection. Regards, rfg