GoDaddy done with China, too

[mrjohn]

GoDaddy appears to be joining Google on the way out of China.

washingtonpost.com

GoDaddy.com Inc., the world's largest domain name registration company, told lawmakers Wednesday that it will cease registering Web sites in China in response to intrusive new government rules that require applicants to provide extensive personal data, including photographs of themselves.

I wonder how much this will influence domaining. I haven't gotten a ton Chinese domainers, but I do see a large supply of expiring Chinese domains enter the market every day.

 

[youdiezst]

I believe the chinese will be given some time to transfer their valued domains to other registrars first. Yes some will drop but the best ones will still be kept.

 

[globegenius]

It is too bad since China has the largest base of internet users in the world. I do like an old saying of theirs.

It goes like this:"The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed."

Very inspirational. I tell myself that every day. :hehe:

 

[biznews]

It is too bad since China has the largest base of internet users in the world. I do like an old saying of theirs.

It goes like this:"The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed."

Very inspirational. I tell myself that every day. :hehe:

That's all fine and dandy if you are on the right path. Else....8-X

 

[Domagon]

Illustrates again the risks of ccTLDs.

The country to whom a particular ccTLD is delegated governs how that ccTLD (in this case China for .CN) is operated. They can change the rules anytime for any reason; even retroactively, such as .US did for domains, such as F*uckCensorship.US - yep, even .US censors!

Ron

 

[mrjohn]

They can change the rules anytime for any reason; even retroactively, such as .US did for domains, such as F*uckCensorship.US - yep, even .US censors!

Wow. That really surprises me. I know it's up to each registrar, and some of that was probably that the owner didn't appeal all the way to ICANN (which tends to be pretty sane on censorship and intellectual property).

I just don't see what the big deal, from an American standpoint, ever would have been.

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As for the issue with ccTLDs . . . this is indeed very true. It would suck to have thousands of dollars tied up in a domain just to have a foreign government pull the rug out from under you.

I suddenly feel a bit more sympathy for companies like United Fruit (now Chiquita) that used to overthrow governments to protect their supply of bananas.

 

[Domagon]

Wow. That really surprises me. I know it's up to each registrar, and some of that was probably that the owner didn't appeal all the way to ICANN (which tends to be pretty sane on censorship and intellectual property).

There is effective NO appeal route other than to the government of the country to whom the ccTLD is assigned to. ICANN has no authority in such matters - they can't help.

Choosing a different registrar wouldn't have matter either. Heck, not even the .US registry can do anything. It is, in effect, the U.S. government policy to censor .US domains. Surprising, but true.

I'm the registrant of F*uckCensorship.US and I've explored the options - there's no effective appeal route other than drawn-out litigation, and even then likely not prevail. Lobbying for changing the .US policy regarding "profane" domains might work, but would be a very hard sell to politicians afraid of offending their constituents / donors.

Ron

 

[cache]

Anyone can not adapt will fail in china. Godday sounds like a little kid wanting everyone agreeing his way.

 

[FatHive]

haha yes

i want google to stop gmail and all services in china.

The day that happens ... well lets just say the Chinese people will get freedom.

These big companies pulling out of china will cause anger among it's population

 

[tech4]

Well for once, the US companies have the gut to say no to the Chinese Gov.

maye that will wake up the chinese government a bit, to be more lax in doing business.

 

[kevlar]

godaddy's loss not chinas haha.. so many registrars out there

 

[TechGuy1]

Lucky China

 

[globegenius]

On another note since they have the largest base of internet users you can bet they have the largest amount of scam artists also. I remember a few years back when eBay was taken over pretty much by the hacks in China. They had to totally disallow Chinese sellers for awhile.

 

[dna]

ICAAN should make it clear to China that the internet is for the people and strip China of its IP addresses and .CN