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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 3:43 pm
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Originally Posted by myfrogger
Be sure to read the godaddy terms before you purchase from them. The deal breaker for me was that they can shut down your website and "steal" you domain name if they don't agree with what you're doing on a moral or ethical level.

I've posted sooo many long posts on here so if you want further details, feel free to search for my old posts.
Virtually every domain registrar will have the same terms. Godaddy is no exception.

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Except as set forth below, Go Daddy may also cancel Your use of the Services, after thirty (30) days, if You are using the Services, as determined by Go Daddy in its sole discretion, in association with spam or morally objectionable activities. Morally objectionable activities will include, but not be limited to: activities designed to defame, embarrass, harm, abuse, threaten, slander or harass third parties; activities prohibited by the laws of the United States and/or foreign territories in which You conduct business; activities designed to encourage unlawful behavior by others, such as hate crimes, terrorism and child pornography; activities that are tortuous, vulgar, obscene, invasive of the privacy of a third party, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable; activities designed to impersonate the identity of a third party; illegal access to other computers or networks (i.e., hacking); distribution of Internet viruses or similar destructive activities; and activities designed to harm or use unethically minors in any way. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the event Go Daddy cancels Your Services during the first thirty (30) days after You purchase the Services, You will receive a refund of any fees paid to Go Daddy in connection with the Services being canceled. In the event Go Daddy deletes Your Services because they are being used in association with spam or morally objectionable activities, no refund will be issued.
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By Us. We may terminate this Agreement or any part of the Network Solutions services at any time in the event you breach any obligation hereunder, fail to respond within ten (10) calendar days to an inquiry from us concerning the accuracy or completeness of the information referred to in Section 4 of this Agreement, if we determine in our sole discretion that you have violated the Network Solutions Acceptable Use Policy, which is located on our Web site at http://www.networksolutions.com/legal/aup.jsp and is incorporated herein and made part of this Agreement by reference, or upon thirty (30) days prior written notice if we terminate or significantly alter a product or service offering.

# Transmission, distribution, uploading, posting or storage of any material in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right used without proper authorization, and material that is obscene, defamatory, libelous, unlawful, harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, constitutes an illegal threat, violates export control laws, hate propaganda, fraudulent material or fraudulent activity, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature. You may not transmit, distribute, or store material that contains a virus, "Trojan Horse," corrupted data, or any software or information to promote or utilize software or any of Network Solutions services to deliver unsolicited e-mail. You further agree not to transmit any material that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national or international law or regulation.
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 3:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Emma65
Not that any of my sites include inappropriate material but no way I agree to that. Thanks for the heads up.
Good luck finding a US based domain registrar that specifically states that you can do whatever you want. They'll all have pretty well worded AUP's that cover their behinds in case of trouble.
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 4:34 pm
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Originally Posted by ScottC
Good luck finding a US based domain registrar that specifically states that you can do whatever you want. They'll all have pretty well worded AUP's that cover their behinds in case of trouble.
Not just that - easydns is 3x the money.

With bulk transfer on godaddy I also get free privacy on the domains for 5 or more. Well, one joker account has 8 domains. Another has a couple as well. Just that I'm half way through a 2 year cycle. I don't expect godaddy to let me keep the year left + get an additional year. HAHAHA.
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 8:45 pm
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Originally Posted by Emma65
With bulk transfer on godaddy I also get free privacy on the domains for 5 or more. Well, one joker account has 8 domains. Another has a couple as well. Just that I'm half way through a 2 year cycle. I don't expect godaddy to let me keep the year left + get an additional year. HAHAHA.
When you transfer the renewal date will be your current renewal date plus however many new years worth of service you buy with the transfer. You don't lose anything. That's part of the process; they all have to honor the existing paid up time.

At work I transferred a domain with several years paid up out of Network Solutions into GoDaddy. No problem.
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 8:52 pm
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I've never used them for pure registration, but for hosting everyone should take a look at icdsoft.com Fantastic customer service - technical questions answered in generally under 20 minutes - 24-hr/day. They are even willing to help debug scripts.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 1:06 pm
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Different registrars have different terms...I'm not sure how you can come to the conclusion you did when you even POSTED part of the applicable terms. Note that godaddy uses the term "morally objectionable." This is where I take my issue plus the fact that Godaddy has a history of turning off domains. I wouldn't go with Network Solutions either...too expensive. I personally would go with a Directi reseller or possibly with directi itself. Their retail arm is www.answerable.com although I haven't had a chance to read their long TOS yet.
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Old Jan 27, 2008 | 1:15 pm
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Originally Posted by myfrogger
Different registrars have different terms...I'm not sure how you can come to the conclusion you did when you even POSTED part of the applicable terms. Note that godaddy uses the term "morally objectionable."
Huh?

Netsol says:

obscene, defamatory, libelous, unlawful, harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar

How do they determine what is "vulgar"? Or what is "abusive"? To me that is all the same as just saying it's "morally objectionable".

THAT is how I reached the conclusion I did.

These companies do anything they can to CYA, they add so much to the AUP that anything they want can be considered "bad".
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Old Mar 1, 2008 | 11:17 am
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Any experience with Yahoo for registration AND hosting?

This is for a very simple need, a two-person consulting group of nearly totally computer inexperienced folks, and with nothing more needed than a couple of standard pages plus e-mail.

Why Yahoo? That's the ISP.

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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 6:57 pm
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Originally Posted by ScottC
Huh?

Netsol says:

obscene, defamatory, libelous, unlawful, harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar

How do they determine what is "vulgar"? Or what is "abusive"? To me that is all the same as just saying it's "morally objectionable".

THAT is how I reached the conclusion I did.

These companies do anything they can to CYA, they add so much to the AUP that anything they want can be considered "bad".

NetSol pulled the site of a Dutch film producer of an anti-Quran movie. Completely CYA, but they did it without too much apprehension it would seem.
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 7:03 pm
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To be honest, I would have pulled it too. Fitna is going to become such a hassle that I wouldn't want to be hosting it either.

In the case of Wilders; Netsol apparently got reports (even the Dutch government is trying to ban the movie) that it would contain stuff that could potentially be illegal in The Netherlands. They then asked for a copy of the movie or guarantees that it would not violate the law, and when they didn't receive those guarantees they pulled the site.
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