Registrar blamed for domain names used for fake online pharmacies.
The U.S. government just released its “2014 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets” report (pdf), which calls out markets in which there is apparent widespread counterfeiting or privacy.
It’s not quite clear how Tucows was actually singled out. ASOP submitted this comment (pdf) to the U.S. government. The comment references a recent ranking by LegitScript, which can be found here.
Full Article: http://domainnamewire.com/2015/03/06/asop-gets-tucows-named-in-u-s-government-notorious-list/LegitScript has called out other registrars in the past, some of which have subsequently used the group’s free service for registrars to suspend domains connected with infringing sites. LegitScript’s business is verifying legitimate online pharmacies.
