GoDaddy Shoots First, Asks Questions Later
Popular computer security Web site Seclists.org was abruptly deactivated this week by MySpace.com and GoDaddy, the world's largest domain name registrar, raising questions about free speech and Internet governance.
MySpace demanded that GoDaddy pull the plug on seclists.org, which hosts some 250,000 pages of mailing list archives and other resources, because a list of thousands of MySpace usernames and passwords was archived on the site. [...]
GoDaddy complied. In a move that Seclists.org owner Fyodor Vaskovich said happened with no prior notice, the company deleted his domain name–causing his site to be effectively unreachable for about seven hours on Wednesday until he found out what was happening and removed the password list.
"They didn't tell me why they removed the site," Vaskovich, creator of the popular Nmap security auditing utility, said in a phone interview. "At a very minimum, we should get warning." [...]
When asked if GoDaddy would remove the registration for a news site like CNET News.com, if a reader posted illegal information in a discussion forum and editors could not be immediately reached over a holiday, GoDaddy general counsel Christine Jones replied: "I don't know…It's a case-by-case basis."
Read the full article here. Fyodor Vaskovich's statement is posted here. Declan McCullagh comments here.
Daily Domainer comments:
GoDaddy lives up to its cowboy image by shooting first and asking questions later. Domainers should avoid GoDaddy altogether, and eNom as well, which engages in similar practices. In some cases a fake spam complaint from an anonymous email address will suffice to get your competitor's domain offline for hours or even days. Here's another complaint about how GoDaddy deleted a domain from one of their clients' accounts and then auctioned it off on their domain auction service.
I was getting to register a domain name with Godaddy, I checked if nickbrewer.com was available, it was, so 2 weeks later I went to buy it only to find out, it was bought. I thought who in the world would by nickbrewer.com so I did a whois, guess what - low and behold Godaddy bought the domain simply cause i searched it and didn't buy it. I guess so they could charge even more for it. So i settled with nick-brewer.com and bought it right then. What they did should be illegal. For that I'll never use Godaddy, I bought my domain through dynadot.com
Same as me…. I tried to get " hotels.eu " , it was a successful sales and pending on the sunrise mode.
and then they cancelled my order and it was sold for $ 275000 BP
in Europe last month…
I've moved all my domains away from godaddy a while ago, I use 1and1.com for all my domain registrations, they're $2 cheaper which is enough to move my cheap ass
1and1 is awful. Search around for complaints and you'll find them. Far worse than godaddy. Awful move by you.
Which registrars are any good for honest .com and .co.uk registrations (and hopefully with comparable prices) if godaddy and 1and1 don't cut it? I use 123-reg for .co.uk domains and they're okay (though I've never had a dispute with them so YMMV). I really don't want to turn this into an advertising thread AT ALL, but I've just bought a boat load of domains from godaddy and am now wondering if I should be cursing myself…
Well I just bought http://www.GoDaddysGirls.com