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Context of the illegal image matters too. I'd be very pissed if it was a common shock image like goatse or a dead body, but more understanding if it was child p

by muzani 5y ago

Context of the illegal image matters too. I'd be very pissed if it was a common shock image like goatse or a dead body, but more understanding if it was child porn. Basically would it be permissible on reddit? I do use namecheap and don't check my email every month, so that is quite worrying.

RKearney 5y ago
What do you think would happen if MarkMonitor completely shut down Google.com, Microsoft.com, or Amazon.com because of a user submitted image hosted on one of their subdomains? Obviously some images are more harmful and illegal than others, but Namecheap has absolutely no business acting as judge, jury, and executioner when it comes to something that in no way passes through any part of their infrastructure. If they’re not hosting the DNS or web servers hosting the offending image then they should stand down. They took down Imgur for not deleting an image within I believe it was 2 hours of notice. Completely unprofessional.
- muzani 5y ago
  I get the impression companies like Google, Facebook, and YouTube go through this all the time, and have a team ready to handle such moderation requests. I'm not sure what legal rights or responsibilities the registrar has, though. Obviously someone is going through them because it works and it's probably easiest for them to just ignore a request if it's not their responsibility.
fivea 5y ago
> Context of the illegal image matters too. I'd be very pissed if it was a common shock image like goatse or a dead body, but more understanding if it was child porn. Why should content be a concern, or relevant, for a registrar? If this was a CDN then I guess that this sort of meddling could be debatable, but DNS?
- cpach 5y ago
  If I ran a business I would not allow customers that break the law. Would you?
  - fivea 5y ago
    Do internet service providers or apartment rentals or car rentals police your usage of their service? So why would a glorified traffic signal be allowed to deny you service just because it disagrees with you?

by muzani 5y ago

RKearney 5y ago

What do you think would happen if MarkMonitor completely shut down Google.com, Microsoft.com, or Amazon.com because of a user submitted image hosted on one of their subdomains? Obviously some images are more harmful and illegal than others, but Namecheap has absolutely no business acting as judge, jury, and executioner when it comes to something that in no way passes through any part of their infrastructure. If they’re not hosting the DNS or web servers hosting the offending image then they should stand down. They took down Imgur for not deleting an image within I believe it was 2 hours of notice. Completely unprofessional.

muzani 5y ago
I get the impression companies like Google, Facebook, and YouTube go through this all the time, and have a team ready to handle such moderation requests. I'm not sure what legal rights or responsibilities the registrar has, though. Obviously someone is going through them because it works and it's probably easiest for them to just ignore a request if it's not their responsibility.

fivea 5y ago

> Context of the illegal image matters too. I'd be very pissed if it was a common shock image like goatse or a dead body, but more understanding if it was child porn. Why should content be a concern, or relevant, for a registrar? If this was a CDN then I guess that this sort of meddling could be debatable, but DNS?

cpach 5y ago
If I ran a business I would not allow customers that break the law. Would you?
- fivea 5y ago
  Do internet service providers or apartment rentals or car rentals police your usage of their service? So why would a glorified traffic signal be allowed to deny you service just because it disagrees with you?