03-20-2009, 01:12 PM
The legality depends on the terms and conditions to which you agreed to when asking them to register the domain name for you.
If the terms and conditions say that you retain control over the domain, then they are legally in the wrong. I do not know of any internet-based mechanism for rectifying this. As you said, the registrar does not have responsability here (legally, not morally). The only thing I could suggest is sending a transfer request to the current registrant with a threat for legal action.
If the terms and conditions say that you retain control over the domain, then they are legally in the wrong. I do not know of any internet-based mechanism for rectifying this. As you said, the registrar does not have responsability here (legally, not morally). The only thing I could suggest is sending a transfer request to the current registrant with a threat for legal action.