Go Daddy was charged with obstruction in the transfer domain

December 27th, 2011 | Posted by synt4x in Security

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Namecheap accused Go Daddy of providing false whois-domain data, which made it impossible to transfer control of their competitors.

The blog domain name registrar Namecheap appeared a message in which the company blames Go Daddy in the infringement of an established non-profit organization ICANN, the Internet’s regulatory issues.

According to Namecheap, Go Daddy has provided incorrect whois-information for domains that contain information about the domain registrar, its owner and a number of proprietary information. This led to the blocking of their possible transfer of control of competing companies.

Recall that Internet users have declared a boycott of Go Daddy, after the company publicly supported anti-piracy bill SOPA. Then, on a special website has been placed the call to move to other recorders, along with instructions on how to do it.

After the boycott announced by the users, Go Daddy officially refused to support the SOPA, and the company said it had not joined the ranks of the opponents of the law.

As representatives Namecheap, some time after the publication of the notice to correct the interference Go Daddy associated with the transfer of domains.