[NA-Discuss] "Chicken and Egg" Problem

[Alan Greenberg]

Garth, if this is what they said, then I believe that they are incorrect.

It is the case that Whois need only be provided if there are 
sponsored registrations, but the others are required if the Registrar 
operates a web site for registration, etc. So there is no chickin and 
egg situation regarding that.

Alan

At 02/04/2012 12:27 PM, Garth Bruen at Knujon.com wrote:
>(Apologies for list cross-posts)
>
>Folks,
>
>Recent discussions with ICANN compliance have revealed what appears to be a
>new standard (or perhaps it was always the standard) for triggering
>Registrar contract obligations. According to compliance, certain contract
>obligations (like posting of policies, terms, pricing and WHOIS) cannot be
>enforced until the Registrar actually sponsors domain names.