Verio Tries to Terminate Register.com's Accreditation 12
randomgeek writes: "Following up on this article which appeared earlier, Verio has requested register.com's registrar accreditation be terminated. Basically they're saying that register.com's blocking of whois information is in violation of some registrar agreement that provides for easy access to information by anyone, even for the purpose of advertising registration services. More can be found on the ICANN site here." Note that neither party is in the right; Verio is sending spam with the whois information (forbidden) and Register.com is blocking them from downloading it in bulk (also forbidden). Sigh.
related topic: changing registrars is now easy (Score:3)
Dotster now has a web-based form to fill out that automates the process - easy as pie, and there was no fee other than the normal $15/year domain fee from Dotster. What finally prompted me to do this was Network Solutions asking for $70 to re-up my 6 year old domain (supposed to be $70 for the first two years, then $35 a year after that - all of a sudden they're back to billing in two year increments, now that they have competition? I don't think so!)
FYI, folks.
As far as the article topic - I'll have to side with register.com on this one. Anyone who uses registration info for spamming should have their pubes lit on fire.
Because of SPAM!! (Score:2)
I have my domain, and get SPAMMED to the registered email addresses.
I'm glad that Register.com is doing something about it.
This action could amount to a SLAPP [casp.net] action by Verio.
speaking of de old spam! (Score:1)
My house is like, my house ... you better have a damn good reason to be callin' me ... These people just have the wrong idea about what phones are ... I pay for the phone, its mine ...and the time your wasting when I'm answering the phone? Thats mine to ... Theres no constitutional or stautory (sp?) right to pester people for a living ...
Its not any one call thats obnoxious ... but they start to add up after awhile ... the same goes for any religion that rings my doorbell on the only day I get to sleep in
My 2 cents
Will it never end (Score:1)
Re:related topic: changing registrars is now easy (Score:2)
Re:speaking of de old spam! (Score:1)
If it's not a business, why did you register it in the commercial domain?
Re:speaking of de old spam! (Score:1)
And on the flipside... (Score:1)
...and as long as there are lonely guys, there will be pr0n
Re:related topic: changing registrars is now easy (Score:1)
Special Offer At Dotster (Score:1)
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Enjoy
Verio "mines" whois database and telephones! (Score:1)
We have had numerous incidents of Verio calling newly registered domain owners one or two days after registration offering web hosting and authoring services, much to our dismay as we are already performing these services for the customer. Verio's response to this was that they were perfectly in their rights to do such, as all that the accredidation restrictions do is prevent email spam, NOT direct telephone solicitiation. Bah!
We contacted register.com at one point, and learned that they had already filed suit against Verio for exactly this. On December 8th, 2000, an injuction was granted against Verio prohibiting this behavior.
I do not know the current status of the suit beyond this.
They're still at it... (Score:1)