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ISSUE:    B.3

Define “reseller” and clarify registrar responsibility for reseller compliance

Priority:
 

RAA Final Report (High Priority Item)

Issue/Request

LEA:
Resellers must be held completely accountable to ALL provisions of the RAA.  Registrars must contractually obligate all its Resellers to comply and enforce all RAA provisions.  The Registrar will be held directly liable for any breach of the RAA a Reseller commits in which the Registrar does not remediate immediately.  All Registrar resellers and third-party beneficiaries should be listed and reported to ICANN who shall maintain accurate and updated records.
RAA-DT:
 Require registrars to guarantee reseller compliance with RAA and indemnify ICANN for breaches by resellers that are not remediated within a reasonable time.

Source: 
Original LEA submission to the RAA-DT






RAA-DT Final Report

Notes

Additional information regarding requests:
None

Discussion Points

Description

Date Discussed

Discussion of clarification language stating that Registrars are responsible for Reseller’s compliance under RAA.

Discussion of including acknowledgement of responsibility into RAA.

Registrars expressed concern about practical ability of resellers to comply with Registrar Data Escrow obligation under RAA.

Discussion of proposed definition of reseller and observation that it may work.

Discussion of how registration agreements are entered into for reseller customers.

Discussion of registrar request to delete all references to reseller in the agreement, since registrars should be fully responsible for acts of its resellers.

20 Dec 2011


17 Jan 2011

27 Jan 2012


15 Feb 2012

15 Feb 2012

15 Feb 2012

Proposed Text

Open

Status/Outcome

Under Discussion

Explanation

Open

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