Tuesday 3 January 2012

GoDaddy allegedly set up technical barriers to prevent users from fleeing

December 27 Beijing time, according to foreign media reports, the GoDaddy domain registrar for support of "network anti-piracy bill" and was user resistance, a large number of users flee GoDaddy domain name and select other service providers. But in the process, GoDaddy has been accused of setting technical barriers to prevent users from fleeing.
Another domain name registration service provider NameCheap CEO Richard • Kekendaer (Richard Kirkendall) said last week that "network anti-piracy bill" launch would be "detonated an atomic bomb." He also said on Monday, GoDaddy intentionally set technical barriers to prevent users from fleeing. Last week, GoDaddy lost a total of more than 70,000 domain names.
This is not a case. Number of competitors using GoDaddy for the "network anti-piracy bill" supported by the instigation of the user to escape GoDaddy. NameCheap will be December 29 as the "domain migrated Day", with some preferential measures to attract users to join. Dreamhost, HostGator, Hover.com and Name.com domain registrar also offers other similar "network anti-piracy bill" related activities.
NameCheap through the blog on Monday, said, "GoDaddy to NameCheap Whois provides insufficient information, delay the migration process", which is contrary to ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) regulations. NameCheap says, until Monday afternoon, GoDaddy "finally accepted our application," became a smooth migration process.
GoDaddy refute
It is reported that, GoDaddy had telephoned requesting them to return. GoDaddy think that this is not inappropriate. In a statement released Monday, GoDaddy said: "NameCheap for us in the blog to be blamed, but as far as we know, NameCheap has never been direct contact with GoDaddy, which is the practices of such cases usually speaking, the domain registrar shall cancel our usual restrictions apply, this is GoDaddy's standard practice and many other domain registrar Whois information is also limited by this way to prevent Whois abuses. "
U.S. science and technology Web site CNET request Namecheap CEO Richard • Kekendaer describes the accused domain name GoDaddy intervention before how to migrate contacts, but Kekendaer refused to respond. However, an Namecheap community manager, said the company had tried to contact GoDaddy, but did not receive any response.
Protests
Reddit for GoDaddy's accusations on the site began in protest last week, Wikipedia founder Jimmy decryption • Wales (Jimmy Wales) announced that "WikiLeaks domain name from GoDaddy to move out." Emerged after a boycott GoDaddy website GoDaddyBoycott . org, appeal to Internet users and companies' boycott GoDaddy, until they sent a letter to Congress, both houses of Congress to withdraw the "network anti-piracy bill" and "the protection of intellectual property rights bill" support. " "Protection of Intellectual Property Act" was introduced in U.S. Senate bill, similar to the "network anti-piracy bill."
December 23, GoDaddy part of the compromise, that is no longer supported "network anti-piracy bill," but did not expressly oppose the bill. Even today, GoDaddy has not publicly said they did not support "the protection of intellectual property rights bill."
Blocked sites
"Internet Anti-Piracy Act" Motion Picture Association of America, Recording Industry Association of America and its allies against the Internet, especially sites like ThePirateBay.org latest rampant piracy efforts. According to the proposed "network anti-piracy bill," U.S. Department of Justice will be able to search engines, Internet service providers and other companies to issue orders, forcing them to immediately block suspect sites with pirated. The proposal met with a number of Internet companies and a large number of Internet users against.
And resistance against the accused, GoDaddy hypocrisy in accusing the nature of these acts the same time, accusations of intellectual property rights infringement by encouraging users to buy "is perfect for infringing websites' domain name. For example, if you want to buy Chanel.com domain name, you will get RealChanel.com this choice.
Prior to the crisis in public relations, GoDaddy was to expand the scope of protection of copyright law to address violations of the active site supporter. U.S. House of Representatives this spring a hearing, GoDaddy • Legal General Christine Jones (Christine Jones) signature consent of the domain name to prevent the system to prevent piracy suspects U.S. users log on website. Jones said that the domain name system to prevent illegal sites prevent log an effective strategy.

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