Eventually, ICANN will get the domains transferred to a new registrar. It looks like your domains have another 7 months left – I would expect the mess to be fixed up by then.

However, who is your registrar? The domains look like they are at Tucows, which is still going strong.

I’ve had tjjames.com, and tjjames.net for years, promoting my
music and lyrics, and offering help to aspiring artist.

Do you have any idea, what I may do, to prevent my domains from
being lost, at renewal time? Considering that I will no longer be able to renew through the registrar I’ve been using.

Thanks,
T.J. James

Just to clarify, Namevault.com is owned and operated by Homestead Limited a corporation, organized and operating, in and under the jurisdiction of the Bahamas.

I am an investor in Homestead Limited but I do not run the registry.

Homestead Limited has no office, employees or other ties to the US.

Namevault.com servers are located in Nassau, Bahamas.

Logic boxes only involvement is the interface between the central registry and Logic Boxes.

Homestead Limited is not bound by any order of a US court.

Someone would have to go to the Bahamas, file a case and get a judgment in the Bahamas for it to be effective in the Bahamas.

Anyone who has dealt with Bahamian courts will tell you its a LONG process for that to occur. It is not uncommon in the Bahamas for the court system to take 5 years before some accused of murder goes to trial.

There are very few lawyers in the Bahamas.

As a percentage of population compared to the US or Canada, Australia or any other “Industrialized Nation”, the number of attorneys is extremely small.

Homestead Limited is represented in the Bahamas by one of the biggest and oldest law firms.

Also to be clear, all registrars, regardless or where they are located are subject to ICANN’s rules and Regs, so things like a WIPO action have to be honored no matter what jurisdiction the registrar is in.

Therefore an offshore registrar has to operate in the same manner as a US based on. If any registrar screws with someone registrations, they risk there ICANN accreditation pulled, so risk to a domain holder using a non-US based registrar are the same as a US based one.

To my way of thinking there is no benefit to having your domains in a US registrar, nothing good can happen and a lot of bad can.

Homestead Limited also has dedicated offshore servers if you are interested in hosting.

All inquiries should be directed to CustomerService@NameVault.com

I believe the thread on TheDomains.com http://www.thedomains.com/2008/10/31/tucows-responds-to-yummydomainscom/ discussing Tucows new domain selling site is where michael confirms that NameVault is his registrar. he formed it shortly after the Kentucky ordeal and moved his entire portfolio there. See comment number 20