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Originally Posted by JR
I agree with you fully. i think anyone does. I am just always dumbfounded by the shortsightedness of people in this business.
Boycott DirectNIC... thats fine and understandable. then what? Godaddy and others have done some very shady shit. DirectNIC was not the first shut sites down completely... and other registrars have done it without even talking to the owners, in response to complaints. Which affiliate program did Godaddy shut down when Acacia sent them a letter? Thats not much different. But thats the problem with this biz. if everyone can find a nice little patch of sand to bury their heads... problem solved!
Meanwhile, this business is still under attack from every angle and everyone is defending the guy who did the following
1) had sites full of what any parent would consider to be disturbing content, all set in a certain context to imply underage girls.
2) linked directly to sites shut down for CP
3) could have handled things quietly and like a moron decided to try his case in the GFY court of opinion... WHILE pointing out himself, time and time again that he was already committing felonies in regards to record keeping.
... and its really just a matter of time before this all happens again.... and just a matter of time before some more, irrational, illogical and incredibly nasty laws are passed because of how people act in this biz.
it is interesting to watch. counting the ratio of "Fuck DirectNIC" to "Hey, we really need to clean shit up" posts. pretty telling. most people still have no idea what their obligations are today under the law in terms of record keeping. its pretty funny... just blame Bush... keep breaking the law, keep pushing the boundaries and cry foul when shit goes sideways.
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Yeah, and I hate being put in the position of looking like I'm defending the guy. I'm not.
I just dont approve of the way it was remediated.
As much as I might like to cut the pecker off of someone who produces childporn and feed it to him before dragging them behind a truck for a couple of hundred miles on gravel roads, that's also not the correct thing to do...especially without due process.
I think a big part of the reaction is almost all of us know we MAY fall into some gray area of the law or someone's TOS. You're right we constantly under fire. With that in mind, the thought that someone may interpret what we're doing as being across the line and shut us down and hold our domains hostage does not sit well.
Boycott Directnic is a kneejerk reaction.
Myself, I'll be reviewing TOS on all of the registrars I have domains with, and any that have any I dont think I can live with, I'll be moving away from.