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Yes, that is the kind of thing Verisign can get away with.
Their agreement with other registrars states that other registrars have
to delete expired domains no later than 45 days past expiration.
On the otherhand, Verisign does not follow the same policy they enforce on other registrars.
Some people have accused Versign of domain-hoarding, and this is one example of it.
Domains that were supposed to be returned back to the pool aren't even after they've been expired for years.
It makes you think they are either artificially inflating their domain count numbers this way.
With the way, Verisign has been losing accounts, they need to slow down those deletes.
But in this case, you might be able to use this to your advantage, since the domains
still has your name listed on it. Maybe you can get those domains back
by calling up Verisign, and to take it off hold. They will probably
charge you a fee to do this. If you think getting those domains
back is worth it, then you'll have to pay their fee for them holding
for you this long.
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