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Can a domain register refuse to host a registration record for a site they disagree with? The domain system is a public system, not a corporate one. If I regis

Can a domain register refuse to host a registration record for a site they disagree with? The domain system is a public system, not a corporate one. If I register "godaddysucks.com" with Go Daddy can they say sorry you cannot register that?

jahewson 9y ago
Yes, absolutely. All the domain name registrars have terms of service. The domain name system is not a public system, it is not run by any government. For example terms of services will often disallow uses related to pornography, gambling, violence, crime, fraud, etc.
- myrandomcomment 9y ago
  They have the right to be a registrar because the government allowed it (here in the US). It seems that if I registered godaddysucks.com and they refused I would have a case as they are blocking political speech on a service they where granted the right to service by the US government and thus the people. In China the government which controls the registars for their country would of course ban"wedrovetanksovertheprotestors.co.cn". Does not seem we in the USA should allow that sort of restriction here, no? All free speech has to be allowed. The internet in the US is a public monopoly like power, etc (despite the current FCC chairs view). As a public monopoly the right of free speech for something like a registrar has to be enforced. This does not mean Facebook cannot enforce a terms of service as you do not need to use Facebook. But banning the public resource of domain registration which allows these dumbasses to put up and host their own site violates the idea of free speech as they require a registrar to exist in order to speak. It does not matter if we do not like what they have to say. After all you need not visit the site. Banning Nazi speech in Germay has not resulted Germany being free of neo-nazis. Hitler started slow, prohibiting the trade unionist. Seemed like a great idea at the time.... it's a slippery slope. Education is the only cure here. Restricting speech only leads to more extreme behavior and opens the path for others to restrict what they do not like.

jahewson 9y ago

Yes, absolutely. All the domain name registrars have terms of service. The domain name system is not a public system, it is not run by any government. For example terms of services will often disallow uses related to pornography, gambling, violence, crime, fraud, etc.

myrandomcomment 9y ago
They have the right to be a registrar because the government allowed it (here in the US). It seems that if I registered godaddysucks.com and they refused I would have a case as they are blocking political speech on a service they where granted the right to service by the US government and thus the people. In China the government which controls the registars for their country would of course ban"wedrovetanksovertheprotestors.co.cn". Does not seem we in the USA should allow that sort of restriction here, no? All free speech has to be allowed. The internet in the US is a public monopoly like power, etc (despite the current FCC chairs view). As a public monopoly the right of free speech for something like a registrar has to be enforced. This does not mean Facebook cannot enforce a terms of service as you do not need to use Facebook. But banning the public resource of domain registration which allows these dumbasses to put up and host their own site violates the idea of free speech as they require a registrar to exist in order to speak. It does not matter if we do not like what they have to say. After all you need not visit the site. Banning Nazi speech in Germay has not resulted Germany being free of neo-nazis. Hitler started slow, prohibiting the trade unionist. Seemed like a great idea at the time.... it's a slippery slope. Education is the only cure here. Restricting speech only leads to more extreme behavior and opens the path for others to restrict what they do not like.