I bet they did try to contact the owner.  But when the contact email no longer works nobody will get the messages.

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Ketil Malde <ketil@malde.org> wrote:
Quoth dons:

| The domain name was seized by Network Solutions (it wasn't due to
| expire until this time next year). The confusion seems to be that
| while Yale was the nominated owner, it was administered by Galois.

| We've contacted Network Solutions and resolve their confusion.

Would it be impertinent to question the wisdom of using a domain
provider that just breaks a paid-for and working site without contacting
the owner?  How about contacting another, more professional registrar
instead of Network Solution?

http://www.host-shopper.com/web-hosts-reviews.html?sortBy=rating

-k
--
If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants

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