An interesting development has now arisen now regarding GoDaddy's "policy of 'locking down' domain names for 60 days after a customer updated their contact details. This put customers in a Catch 22 position: ICANN requires customers keep their contact details up to date, or risk having the domain forfeited. Yet during the lockdown period the customer is prevented from transferring the domain from GoDaddy to another registrar. If the lockdown ran over the domain's expiry date, customers were forced to renew with GoDaddy or lose the domain." ICANN appears to be taking action on this - read more at http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/04/08/0349253.shtml