The meaning of domain registrar?

[emma]

Hello all

I have a question regarding domain registrar rights. I registered my domain name through BlueHost about a year ago without much thought about what rights etc that were included with the purchase, I simply assumed that I would get complete control and ownership once I had bought it.
Now what got me a bit confused and made me questions this is when I transferred the domain to my new MediaTemple servers. When I login to BlueHost it states that Tucows.com, Inc. is the registrar of this domain name. What does this mean more in detail? I mean what legal rights have they got to the domain name and is this something I should look into?

I am guessing that this is nothing to worry about but I just want to make sure that this is all cool…

Thanks

[Matt]

Kinda depends, but the ICANN basically states that Verisign has complete control over all .com domain names. If Verisign decides you are unworthy of a domain name, they can revoke it. And, of course, not using the correct information when registering a domain name is international fraud.

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