GoDaddy Attacks Torrent Sites

[Ben]

GoDaddy (domain registrar) started to ban Bittorrent sites. The first site they banned is Mybitorrent. The next step could be mininova, isohunt or torrentspy. These three belong to the biggest (torrent) site on the web and are all registered with GoDaddy.

http://m-ook.com/post/1/412?name=godaddy-attacks-torrent-sites&page=

 

[EbookLover]

Namecheap is a great alternative to GD, I think. They do not take fascist actions like GD.

 

[graywolf30]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

Thanks, Ben, for the heads up - guess I should bookmark Wikipedia :red:

Renee

 

[jamesau]

I'm a big Namecheap fan, they have a lot going for them. Domainsite now though for all my .info's

 

[Ben]

GoDaddy's going to loose a lot of customers.

http://namepros.com/showthread.php?t=158020
http://namepros.com/showthread.php?t=158199

 

[studio606]

Wow! The power of Digg and blogs can get the word out fast and change things. Not cool, GoDaddy.

 

[seeker]

gone...daddy.....

 

[weblord]

This is wrong....Web Hosters should be in charge of what gets on a webpage not registars

i just got my domain name suspended and they said i abused their servers with spam and i asked them to show me the proof at least of the ip and they showed me lots and lots of proof with different ip addresses funny thing is none of those ip addresses is mine.

and they suspended my account for that domain and can no where point it to another dns or in no way that i can control them, i just paid them 199bucks just for them to enable my account again and just to end the argument.

email sent to: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

MYDOMAIN.COM IS CLEAN FROM SPAM AND ABUSE, WHY WAIT 3 DAYS JUST TO ENABLE IT??!! YOU'RE THE ONE IN THE ERROR. SO ENABLE IT NOW, BECAUSE OF YOUR ERROR YOU TOOK NABAZA.COM DOWN, JUST IN SECONDS AND WHEN YOU WILL ENABLE IT IT WILL TAKE YOU 3 DAYS??!! THAT'S RIDICULOUS, WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT YOU HAVE AND SERVICES THAT i PAID ALREADY.

not blacklisted on the following:
for mydomain.com
mydomain.com is clean from spamming and abuse:

http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ip4r.ch?ip=64.202.163.215
http://www.spamcop.net/w3m?action=checkblock&ip=64.202.163.215
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?scoring=d&q=64.202.163.215+group:*abuse*
http://www.senderbase.org/search?searchString=64.202.163.215
http://www.spamcop.net/w3m?action=checkblock&ip=64.202.163.215
(Senderbase lookup)

64.202.163.215 not listed in bl.spamcop.net

so enable my site/domain: mydomain.com

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not blacklisted on the following:
for mydomain.com
mydomain.com is clean from spamming and abuse:

http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ip4r.ch?ip=64.202.163.215
http://www.spamcop.net/w3m?action=checkblock&ip=64.202.163.215
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?scoring=d&q=64.202.163.215+group:*abuse*
http://www.senderbase.org/search?searchString=64.202.163.215
http://www.spamcop.net/w3m?action=checkblock&ip=64.202.163.215
(Senderbase lookup)

64.202.163.215 not listed in bl.spamcop.net

so enable my site/domain: mydomain.com

U.S.$119 charges:

> On 5/27/05, MYDOMAIN.COM was suspended for generating abusive levels of
> traffic to the Go Daddy mail servers.
>
> Your options remain the same, they are as follows:
>
> ----- Option #1: Reactivate your domain name.
>
> If you wish to reactivate your domain name you must reply to this
> message with the following:
>
> 1. A statement that you will no longer utilize Go Daddy's email
> service in this manner.
>
> 2. Authorization for GoDaddy.com to charge a non-refundable $199
> reactivation fee to the credit card on file for your account. You may
> want to log into your Go Daddy account and confirm that the card on
> file is valid and has not expired.
>
> Please understand that if the problem persists, after your domain name
> has been unlocked the first time, your domain name will be immediately
> canceled.
>
>
> ------ Option#2: Transfer your domain name to another registrar.
>
> If the solution outlined above is not agreeable to you or you are
> unable to abide by these terms you will have to transfer your domain
> name to another registrar.
>
> If you choose to transfer your domain name to another registrar, we
> can reactivate the domain name in order to allow you to proceed with
> your transfer. You will need to provide the following in your reply:
>
> 1. A statement that you will initiate the transfer of your domain name
> to a new registrar within the next 24 hours.
>
> 2. Authorization for GoDaddy.com to charge a non-refundable $50
> administration fee to the credit card on file for your account. Again,
> you may want to log into your Go Daddy account and confirm that the
> card on file is valid and has not expired.
>
> ----- Option # 3: Allow your domain name to remain suspended until it
> expires.
>
> Suspended domain names will not be released for transfer or into the
> registration pool until they expire and are redeemed by the registry.
>
> -----
>
> Thank you for your cooperation, please let us know which option you
> intend to take.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Spam and Abuse Department
> GoDaddy.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: XXX [mailto:XXX]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 10:51 PM
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: 18 days have passed for XXX
>
>
> so what's the score now?? youre blocking all my email for support, how
> useless you are.

 

[khuldun]

Why did you pay them 119$, they got the money for nothing! You should have changed your registrar!

 

[wild boar]

lol go daddy is a winner!

try namebargain.com, it's a part of register.com. names are 8.88 a year. They don't have the quickiest tech support... but if you know how to register names and all that stuff I don't see why you need tech support too much.

But yea, it looks like go daddy thinks their in charge of domain names or something. I wouldn't trust my domains with them if their just going to shut them down without notice. They should have emailed them and said "we don't want your f*^&%$#g business, you have 7 days to move your domain to someone else who cares."

 

[painperdu]

Power does corupt . . .

I noticed this nature of godaddy years ago when they screwed around with my credit card and checks.

This Bob Parsons guy has an ego the size of the internet and I'm not surprised this is happening.

 

[xtremest]

Thanks guys for those threads about GoDaddy. I'm just returned from vacancies and saw this.
Some of my domains are there and i'll be moving them out.

 

[Dannoth]

Well, i think GoDaddy is doing the right thing, as most torrent sites are illegal!

 

[seeker]

illegal or not, it is not their place to pass judgement and take action.
many things are illegal in life, that is why there is law enforcement and the legal systems in civilizied nations were anyone doesnt take it upon themselves to pass the law (as they see fit).

 

[Namedelivery.com]

Well, i think GoDaddy is doing the right thing, as most torrent sites are illegal!

Ummm, that is false.
Torrent sites are not illegal.
Crap if registrars followed your logic than since "most" torrent sites are "illegal" even the legal ones would be taken down. (again they are not illegal to begin with)
Who made Godaddy the judge and jury? They suspended a domain not due to a court order but based on their own judgement which is obviously askew. I mean have you seen one of their TV ads!!!

 

[theparrot]

option # 4 -- file an ICANN complaint
option #5 -- file a suit

 

[Namedelivery.com]

option # 6 Keep mentioning to everyone how much GD sucks and hit them where it really hurts!

 

[weblord]

Why did you pay them 119$, they got the money for nothing! You should have changed your registrar!

it's U.S.$199

i can't change it, my domain is not even available on domains list on godaddy.com on my control panel, how can i change the primary/secondary dns?

But yea, it looks like go daddy thinks their in charge of domain names or something. I wouldn't trust my domains with them if their just going to shut them down without notice. They should have emailed them and said "we don't want your f*^&%$#g business, you have 7 days to move your domain to someone else who cares."

they've proven this to me already for the price of U.S.$199

option # 4 -- file an ICANN complaint
option #5 -- file a suit

did option 4 already they never even bothered replying to me, seems to me when i was in that predicament every registrar is clutched at the neck of GD.

option #5 well sort of because i filed complaints on bbb.org oh my they are very useless i tell you they usually reply 30 days and while im watching my pr and alexa ranking it slows down down the drain until i was ranked pr5 and alexa got about 159,000+ so i decided to pay them before it's all too late for my domain.

Power does corupt . . .

I noticed this nature of godaddy years ago when they screwed around with my credit card and checks.

This Bob Parsons guy has an ego the size of the internet and I'm not surprised this is happening.

... and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

i posted on bobparsons and it happened to be a blog and guess what they rejected my blog comment lol of course good move. :td:

 

[Venolus]

Most webhosts dont take it an offence to host illegal content unless otherwise notified