New wave in the hosting field - Internet Registrars Accused Of Supporting Online Cri

[monkey piton]

Hi,
Just found out this article, what do you think about it?

Internet Registrars Accused Of Supporting Online Criminals

Even as ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom on Monday called for greater international cooperation to secure the Internet's Domain Name System, a report issued by an independent security research group claims that ICANN-accredited Internet Registrars are violating their contracts with ICANN to support online criminals.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names accredits Internet Registrars under specific contractual terms. Accredited Registrars in turn may sell domain names to companies and individuals.
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The report published on Monday by KnujOn, which identifies itself as an independent Internet policy and security research group located in Boston and Vermont, claims that 162 of Internet Registrars may be violating their agreements with ICANN and that 80 of them are blocking access to WHOIS data about their customers.

The report singles out eNom, one of the largest sellers of Web addresses, for knowingly facilitating traffic in illegal pharmaceuticals online.

Online pharmacies have long been a source of contention and risk because so many of them are unlicensed. In 2007, the FDA warned that "a number of Americans who placed orders for specific drug products over the Internet (Ambien, Xanax, Lexapro, and Ativan), instead received a product that, according to preliminary analysis, contains haloperidol, a powerful anti-psychotic drug."

Earlier this month, the FDA warned that H1N1 flu virus-related products sold through an online Web site were not approved flu medicines.

Last summer, trademark monitoring firm MarkMonitor estimated that online pharmacies had generated $11 billion in sales in 2009, up from an estimated $4 billion in 2007.

The growing trade in online pharmaceuticals is made possible by Internet Registrars, which provide back-end services that allow online pharmacies to operate, the report says. Yet, Internet Registrars such as eNom have been slow to take action against Web sites that prompt complaints, the report claims.
"Whether actively or ignorantly involved, there is no question that eNom has become an arm of illicit international drug traffic, a resource modern organized crime cannot exist without," the report states.

Demand Media, the parent company of eNom, disputes the report's claim that it fails to act against Web sites that violate the law.

"eNom is the largest domain name wholesaler and we take this responsibility very seriously," said Demand Media SVP of corporate communications Quinn Daly in an e-mail. "We cooperate with multiple law enforcement agencies, as this is our policy and meets ICANN requirements. Customers suspected of using eNom products and services for illegal purposes are investigated and appropriate action is taken."

Daly, who referred to KnujOn as "an individual whose research has been called into question in the past," confirmed that eNom had received a complaint from KnujOn and LegitScript, a pharmacy trade organization, and that the complaint is being reviewed.

KnujOn identifies Garth Bruen and Robert Bruen as principals in the organization. The group publishing its report in conjunction with the start of ICANN's 38th international meeting in Brussels, Belgium in the hope of encouraging ICANN to tighten its rules for dealing with Internet Registrars and online pharmacies.

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By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek

[monkey piton]

And now for my opinion,
after reading it carefully i think that this is a new level in the war of the FDA against the on-line pharmacies. China start to look as a great place to host my Domains and supply me the hosting services.

what do you think about it?

[pharmaffiliate]

Have you registered domains and hosted your website in China ?

[seandenster]

I'm hearing that eNom registrars such as NameCheap (who usually didn't make any trouble about pharmacy domains) have taken down a huge number of dodgy online pharmacy sites. Anyone affected by this?

Any advice as to registering domains these days?

[noprescriptionpharmacy]

From when is this report?!?! I'm moving my domains to Germany... If anybody finds a hosting and reliable domain registrar in Asia please let me know...

I F@$King hate legitscript and his hidden agenda! We should do a research on this guy and attack back cause he is going to put all of us out of business....

You might want to read:

http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/legitscript-not-so-legit

and

http://pharmacycheckerblog.com/call-...egitscript-com

We should really do something about this guy!

[healthsolutionsrx.com]

Their is not much you do legally with a domain register they have iron clad AUP & term and conditions you agree to when you signup. However you can go after legit scripts in court and seek an injunction against them and sue for damages. However you will need to be willing to disclose allot of personal information about the people your company and other thing if you go this route. Our company would definitely sue them we have retainers with some very good lawyers and we believe in protect our name and business.

[traveller]

U dont want to move your hosting or register to Asia, this is not cool and unwise and stay as far away from China as u can.

Joker.com in germany :-) for register and
as far as hosting gees ones in the us have no problem hosting online rx sites.

[qwer12]

I lost one of my top earning sites because it was in namecheap (enom). eNom made an agreement with legitscript - so now legitscript just send enom lists of urls and enom suspend them without any prior notice or chance of appeal.
Frankly I'm not sure what to do. I'm moving some of my other rx domains to fabulous.com - they are based in australia. But I heard that Australia has strict rules against online generic pharmacies as well - anyone knows if this is true? Any suggestions?

I think hosting will be the next step. I see no reason why legitscript wouldn't contact all major US hosting companies to take all the rx sites down. Like hostgator etc.

[Rick PSP]

Enom was owned by Godaddy. Plus the owner of Godaddy has just sold out his business so it’s under a new owner.

[steven RXAF]

Enom was owned by Godaddy. Plus the owner of Godaddy has just sold out his business so it’s under a new owner.

thanks for the information Rick, it's amazing to see the size of godaddy.