Fwd: [council] Response from GoDaddy regarding action taken with respect to a .org domain name

[Mawaki Chango]

FYI

--- Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au> wrote:

> Subject: [council] Response from GoDaddy regarding action taken
> with respect to a .org domain name
> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:16:24 +1100
> From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>
> To: "Council GNSO" <council at gnso.icann.org>
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> Earlier this week there was a posting about a specific case of
> action taken by a registrar over a domain name.  I don't think the
> Council list is the appropriate place for discussing specific
> disputes, but rather the list should be used to highlight general
> issues that apply to multiple situations which may require policy
> action.
> 
> Given that there is a public posting on this list, I gave the
> Registrar, GoDaddy, the right of reply.
> 
> See below.
> 
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Ruiz, Vice President, Corporate Development & Policy,
> GoDaddy
> 
> 
> We believe, under the circumstances, that we took the appropriate
> action. This was not about "a controversial speaker" or freedom of
> speech. This was about inappropriately acquired MySpace credentials
> being made public. The posted credentials exposed tens of
> thousands,
> many no doubt minors, to potential harm. The site publisher could
> not
> be reached and we took the appropriate action as allowed under our
> Registration Agreement and Terms of Service. We stand behind our
> actions.
>  
> The author of this note, and the NCUC chair that decided to forward
> it
> to the Council list, have indicted us in the very same manner they
> are
> accusing us of. They have not even attempted to contact us for an
> explanation, and have ignored our own response to the CNET News.com
> article. In fairness, we ask that the Council also consider our
> response, as well as the responses of others who have taken a
> different
> view of our actions.
> 
> 
> GoDaddy Response:
>
http://news.com.com/5208-1025_3-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=24518&messageID=232062&start=-1
> 
> 
> As awful as this article describes GoDaddy...:
>
http://news.com.com/5208-1025_3-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=24518&messageID=232289&start=-1
> 
> 
> Im sick...:
>
http://news.com.com/5208-1025_3-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=24518&messageID=232213&start=-1
> 
> 
> Am I in the Twilight zone here???:
>
http://news.com.com/5208-1025_3-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=24518&messageID=232031&start=-1
> (This response is apparently from a MySpace user as indicated from
> a
> post on her blog, linked to in the above response.)
> 
> 
> Tim Ruiz
> Vice President
> Corporate Development & Policy
> GoDaddy.com
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org
> [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org]
> On Behalf Of GNSO.SECRETARIAT at GNSO.ICANN.ORG
> Sent: Monday, 29 January 2007 7:35 PM
> To: 'Council GNSO'
> Subject: [council] [Fwd: [Fwd: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Recent Actions By Go
> Daddy]]
> 
> The Chair of the NCUC has asked that the mail below be circulated
> on the
> 
> Council list.
> 
> Thank you.
> Glen
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Recent Actions By Go Daddy
> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:53:30 -0500
> 
> 
> I would like to draw attention to the recent actions of the Go
> Daddy
> registrar in its decision to pull a .org domain name at the request
> of
> social networking site myspace.com because a third party had placed
> on
> the site a list of passwords and accounts of myspace users.
> http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6153607.html
> 
> This strikes me as a serious abuse of power by a registrar, and
> should
> alarm the users of this constituency.  If registrars can exercise
> such
> unrestrained authority over registrants, then no controversial
> speaker
> is safe.
> 
> If there is not already a procedure for addressing this, I would
> strongly urge this constituency to take appropriate action.
> 
> Harold Feld
> 
> 
> 
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