Re: practicalities of blogging

["Char James-Tanny" <charjtf -at- gmail -dot- com>]

> I understand that there are regulations about portability, but I wonder
> what their scope is. If you are in a different country than your
> Registrar, do they apply rules of their country, or rules of your
> country when it comes to portability and other considerations?  What are
> the chances of a domain being held hostage if you wish to change
> registrars?  I can see where that would be annoying for hobbyist
> bloggers, and fiscally life-threatening for businesses with established
> online identities (as most seem to be these days).

The country doesn't matter. What *does* matter is that you are listed
as the Registrant Contact. The hosting company will probably be the
Administrative Contact (although that could be you, too). The hosting
company will be the Technical Contact.

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