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by Geekette 4465 days ago
No, GoDaddy was never in doubt: "No one at either company questioned my statement (supported by written proof) that the website belonged to me. No one doubted that it had been transferred without my authority".

So GoDaddy's refusal to help was ridiculous. At the very least, they could have frozen control of the site for a day or two while investigating.
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shiftpgdn 4465 days ago
By ICANN policy domains can only be moved once every 60 days. How did you want them to go about freezing the site? ICANN has a dispute resolution policy in place.
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Geekette 4465 days ago
They could have disabled access to it by the thief.

The 60 day policy does not apply to cases where it is "being transferred back to the original Registrar in cases where both Registrars so agree ..." http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/transfers/polic...

And given that both registrars acknowledged that she was the real owner, I'd expect the transfer (to the thief) would not be counted as a legitimate one within that period.

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