Re: [ga] Report: Registrars & Steroids

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Danny and all,

  Yes.  But this is not different that PIR being told to shut down
web sites that proliferate child porn and have refused to do so.

  Why ICANN hasn't stepped up to the plate here is what's
much more important as well as interesting.  Why DHS has not
taken a particularly strong stand here is also rather puzzeling
as well.

  Seems to me that if ICANN, Verisign, DHS, and PIR are not
willing to do the right thing, than their mission and responsibilities
are not being met or even relatively attempted.  I am quite sure
that ICANN could get an emergancy court order to shut these
errant and illegal proliferators of harmful drugs and child porn
shut down in less than 24 hours if they really wanted to...

Danny Younger wrote:

>
> [Forwarded message]

  Networks of steroid dealing domains are sponsored through U.S.-based
  companies who refuse to shut them down even after being notified.

  LegitScript.com and Knujon.com have worked together to develop a
  report
  concerning extensive steroid distribution networks online. Steroids
  designated by the Department of Justice as ?Schedule 3 Substances?
  were found at the 156 web domains listed in this report. The easy
  availability of illicit substances through these domains is shocking.
  Even more shocking is the lack of cooperation from the Registrars that

  sponsor these sites. On July 1 we issued joint letters to eight
  registrars: Abacus America, DSTR Acquisition VII, Dynadot.com,
  Everyones
  Internet, eNom Inc, EstDomains Inc, GoDaddy/Wild West, and Parava
  Networks Inc. In these letters we listed the websites, described the
  banned substances offered at each, and detailed how these sites were
  violating Internet policy, the Registrar?s own terms of service, and
  the law. Only three Registrars responded, two declining to cooperate,
  one stating they would look into it after several strong emails. A
  letter to one Registrar, Parava Networks Inc, was returned by the
  Postal
  Service as undeliverable, calling into question the general legitimacy

  of this particular company.

  While no one is accusing any of these Registrars of being actively
  involved in the illicit distribution, it is a simple fact that none of

  these sites would exist without the sponsorship of these Internet
  companies. Some Registrars may feel their first obligation is to their

  customers, but their real primary obligations are to the law and the
  stability of the Internet registration system. Everyone who registers
  an
  Internet domain is required to affirm that they ?are not registering
  the domain name for an unlawful purpose? and the Registrar is required

  to ensure that this policy is enforced. For too long there has been a
  false perception that the Internet is lawless, but it isn?t. The rules

  are just not enforced and the stakeholders have been unaccountable.

  Knujon and LegitScript feel that these Registrars also have a moral
  and
  ethical responsibility to the public since the sale and distribution
  of
  these illicit substances poses a grave health risk. These websites
  purport to offer steroids to anyone without prescription or age
  verification. It is our hope that in releasing this information public

  awareness of the problem will increase.

  The full Steroid Report is available here:
  http://legitscript.com/Steroid%20Report.pdf

  The press release is here:
  http://legitscript.com/newsitems/show/10

  A list of the Registrars, web domains in question, the substances
  offered at each, and samples of the site content can be viewed here:
  http://www.knujon.com/schedule3/dir.html

  For more information, please contact:

  John Horton
  877-534-4879
  LegitScript.com

  Or

  Dr. Robert Bruen
  +1.802.579.6288
  http://coldrain.net
  http://knujon.com

  Garth Bruen
  gbruen@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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