Re: [ga] GoDaddy VP Caught Bidding Against Customers

[sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

So, of course, the solution is to invite even more looters to the party,
right Danny?

> a follow up point -- one commentator stated on Slashdot, "Domain
> registrars are all scum".
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> The public seems to have (1) accepted registrar abuse as an ongoing and
> worsening reality, and (2) have realized that ICANN chooses to remain
> impotent and will never clean up its own mess (despite its protestations
> to the contrary).
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> Apparently, this sentiment is also shared by Afilias that has recently
> proposed a New Registry Service measure that would allow it to go after
> "the bad guys" in its own namespace as many in the registrar community (as
> well as ICANN) are apparently incapable of doing the right thing.
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> Then, when you look at recent reports that indicate that 11,000 WDPRS
> follow-ups for spam-abetting Chinese registrar Xin Net show that none of
> the records reported for inaccuracies have been corrected, one starts
> getting sickened by ICANN's lack of resolve and the prospect that ICANN's
> inaction will force national regulators to step in.
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> At this point in time we can't afford to become complacent with regard to
> continued registrar abuses unless we are looking forward to a "regulatory"
> future.
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