[registrars] Alleged hijack of openrecords.org

[Robert F Connelly]

Dear Members:  My son Bill alerted me to this posting.  I can see that the 
domain was recently registered (15 July 2005).  Could be that it was 
deleted and captured.  I don't know whether it was truly a hijacking 
case.  Regards, BobC



----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Fish" <rhfish at viametrix.com>
To: <bconnelly4 at msn.com>; "Beth Blankenship" 
<beth.blankenship at viametrix.com>; "Pat Heptig" <pheptig at morganlewis.com>; 
"Sam Beckwith" <sam at samware.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 7:18 PM
Subject: Domain Hijack


>www.openrecords.org is one of many domains and servers we maintain.  We 
>have maintained it since 1997.
>
>According to whois, this domain was apparently taken last week by a 
>company known as Virtual Clicks.
>
>As best we can tell, the domain was not due for renewal, and no renewal 
>notice has been received.
>As you appear to be the current registrar, we ask that you take action to 
>protect us from damages due to the loss of www.openrecords.org and take 
>action to return it to us.
>
>We have contacted ICANN and our attorney.
>
>Russell Fish
>Viametrix Holdings Corp.
>rhfish at viametrix.com
>972-702-0817