Several years later and I still use the name Capital Networks Pty
Limited (t/as TotalNIC) as a curse, for their requirement of notarised
paper gTLD transfer-out requests at $55 a pop.

Cf. "ICANNWatch | TotalNIC Holds Customers' Domain Names Hostage"
http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/17/071504

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 14:11, Barry Armstrong
<info&#167;australianwebsites.com> wrote:
> While on the theme of registrar conduct in relation to registrants
> has anyone on this list seen the posts ( now 5 pages long ) at
>
> http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1286187
>
> in regard to
>
> AUSSIEHQ PTY LTD taking over the Planet Domain reseller account
> FeatureDomains and AUSSIEHQ PTY LTD's subsequent actions.
>
> The posts there mention a number of issues including even
> changing the legal ownership of a .com domain without the
> owner's permission.
>
> Not only that but changing the ownership to non valid registrant
> details being
>
> aussiehq.com.au
> Aussie HQ
>
> Aussie HQ according to an ASIC search is a deregistered business name.
>
> Yes, I know that .com domains are not directly under AUDA
> but there was a case some years ago
>
> AUDA versus Capital Networks Pty Ltd ( owner of the former AU Registrar
> Totalnic )
>
> where AUDA chose to deregister Totalnic as an AU Registrar due to
> what AUDA perceived as inappropriate conduct in relation to its customers,
> in regards to Totalnic making it difficult for their customers to transfer
> TLD's
> including .com domains to competing registrars.
>
> I wonder how seriously AUDA will regard the issues raised in the Whirlpool
> forum,
> which includes at least one case ( only AUSSIEHQ PTY LTD and Planet Domain
> would know how many cases like this there are ) where the ownership of a
> domain
> was changed without the former owner's permission to
>
> Domain Name: TREECUSTODIANS.COM
> Reseller..............: Feature Domains
> Created on............: 2 Apr 2008 09:05:29 EST
> Expires on............: 2 Apr 2010 09:05:29 EST
> Record last updated on: 2 Apr 2008 09:05:29 EST
> Status................: ACTIVE
> Owner, Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Billing Contact:
> aussiehq.com.au
> Aussie HQ (ID00425042)
> PO Box 3168
> Weston, Australian Capital Territory 2611
> Australia
> Phone: +61.261639350
> Email: provisioning&#167;hostingshop.com.au
>
>
>
> Which of course also means that a former owner of a domain has no ability at
> all
> to transfer a domain to a competing registrar ( similar to the reason?that
> Totalnic was deaccredited by AUDA ).
>
>
> Regards
> Barry Armstrong
>
>
>
>
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