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The Newly Available .mp Top-Level Domain Makes Privacy
a Priority
Saipan DataCom, Inc. (www.saipan.mp), the registry for the newly available .mp top-level domain (TLD), announced on November 4 that it has made customers' privacy a top priority by limiting access to .mp WHOIS data. Unlike TLD registries that provide publicly available WHOIS data searches, .mp WHOIS data will be available only with documentation indicating possible rights to a particular .mp domain name.
Those claiming rights to a .mp domain name must submit a written agreement
representing that they are the rightful owner of the trademark or other term
used in deriving the disputed domain name. Additionally, they must provide certified
copies of the trademark registration documents and pay a processing fee. If
all the documents are in order, Saipan DataCom will release the WHOIS data for
the requested domain name. Claims are then resolved through the Uniform Domain
Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) established by ICANN (www.icann.org).
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The previously unavailable .mp extension is the only existing TLD dedicated solely as the address for mobile Internet sites and all .mp domain names include a hosted dotMP(TM) Commercial or Personal mobile Internet site. During the Sunrise registration (www.sunrise.mp), which is scheduled to run through November 14, .mp domain names and dotMP CS (Commercial Site) are available to trademark and service mark owners only. Open registration for dotMP CS and dotMP PS (Personal Site) is scheduled to begin on November 15.
Gib Bintliff, Saipan DataCom's President, said that there will be significant numbers of .mp registrants in the near future and many of them will be young people whose .mp sites will include blog entries, diaries, photos and other personal information, that the reality is that spammers, identity thieves, stalkers and predators can take advantage of publicly available WHOIS data, but that Saipan’s requirements make it very difficult for criminals and creeps to get .mp WHOIS data.
Source : http://www.fateback.com/
