[registrars] Alleged hijack of openrecords.org

[Jay Westerdal]

The domain was not hijacked, it was not renewed.
Here is the whois prior to being deleted.

Domain ID:D1684343-LROR 
Domain Name:OPENRECORDS.ORG 
Created On:01-May-1998 04:00:00 UTC 
Last Updated On:09-Oct-2003 07:25:22 UTC 
Expiration Date:30-Apr-2005 04:00:00 UTC 
Sponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR) 
Status:OK 
Registrant ID:tuzkzPp4J4QiVjAQ 
Registrant Name:Russell Fish 
Registrant Organization:The Open Records Project 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Robert F Connelly
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:12 PM
To: Registrars Constituency
Cc: rhfish at viametrix.com
Subject: [registrars] Alleged hijack of openrecords.org

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