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Namecheap Suspends Zorox.to, Upmovies.to and Other 'Pirate' .to Domains
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- Hendrikto 3y agoIndian courts should not be allowed to take down domains on a global scale. > Interestingly, the High Court action was instigated by American companies including Netflix, Disney, and Warner Bros.
- aboringusername 3y agoI'm not sure they are. Namecheap seemed to do this of their own violation, which is most disappointing.
- Ekaros 3y agoSeems like it is time for Tonga to ban Namecheap...
- cranberryturkey 3y agothey weren't actually hosting the files were they?
- Hendrikto 3y agoNo, they were just the domain registrar.
- cranberryturkey 3y agoi'm talking about the domains that were banned.
- pcdoodle 3y agoWhat's a good alternative that is future proof from this BS?
- captn3m0 3y agoAlso relevant, Indian courts have pushed out some silly orders in the past against Domain Registrars - such as blocking them from registering any domain names with the word "amul" as a prefix or suffix without the Amul Coop's approval[0]. This is obviously impossible to enforce (thousands of registrars across the world, and the scammers using such domains will just pick a different registrar). The court's next decision, which might be relevant here, was to block registrars. Gandi has been blocked by various Indian ISPs for about a year[1,2]. Namecheap is probably wary of this outcome (being blocked by Indian ISPs) and losing legitimate business. [0]: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/delhi-hc-restrains-domain-registrars-from-offering-domain-names-with-amul/article32474101.ece https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/delhi-hc-rest... [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36691189 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36691189 [2]: https://forum.internetfreedom.in/t/blocking-of-domain-registrars/3529 https://forum.internetfreedom.in/t/blocking-of-domain-regist...