Quote Originally Posted by Squirt View Post
Directnic has locked the domain, forcing the site to stay under their service, instead of allowing them to switch to another registrar. So in fact, Directnic is forcing liability upon themselves by continuing to serve the domain.
Actually, they arent.

By locking the domain/s DirectNic enabled several things to happen (or not to happen as the case may be).

1) They made it impossible for the 'owner' of the domain name to 'change'.
2) They made it possible for the WHOIS information to remain the same.
3) They made it possible for the domain owner to still have basic control of the domain.
4) They stopped any potential transfer of the domain away from them, thus making it easier to track for any potential Federal investigation.

You have said on GWW in the past that 'naming' these CP distributors can alert them to the fact they might be getting a visit from the Feds and starting to change their information, host, etc.

Directic took a step in making sure this couldnt happen, they did the right thing by locking the domain because it now means should the Feds need to track this domain owner down, they can do a lot more easier than if he had been able to transfer the domain to another registrar and throw 'privacy' protection on the domain.

Regards,

Lee