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Why .biz is the Spam TLD
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.org made the transition to EPP exactly one year ago this month, following VeriSign being forced to give up control of .org to Public Interest Registry [pir.org]. PIR is putting the finishing touches right now on centralizing the Whois informatiom from various registrars for the 3 million .org names into a single, registry database.
As for why spammers are choosing .biz as opposed to .info or .org, perhaps they figure it sounds the most dot-comish and therefore they figure people are stupid enough to believe them? ;)
Just a thought ...
Cheers,
Doug
Doug Mehus
http://doug.mehus.info/ [mehus.info]
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Re:You forgot that each record has a TTL
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Actually, you're probably right on target. Since .BIZ was supposed to be "the" competitor for .'com' it's not really surprising. If the registry had limited the number of registrations any one registrant could obtain, it may have been somewhat mitigated, but spammers will do their evil no matter what domains are available to them. OTOH, if registries were to enforce clauses that do not allow spamming, domains could be deactivated once it is proven that they are, indeed, used for that purpose. Also, most agreements include clauses regarding illegal uses of domains. Now that the US has a federal law regarding spam, that could be enforced.
The problem I see with enforcement is the 'proof' that the domain holder is responsible for spamming. I've never seen a definition in any agreement that describes 'spam' so it would be a legal battle every time the registry attempted to enforce those clauses.
Catch 22?
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