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Why would EasyDNS even write about this? I was under the impression that businesses not infrequently receive threatening letters from legal firms, and that a non-trivial portion of these can’t be acted upon as they don’t follow establish legal norms. I was also under the impression that only the public prosecutor can charge someone with a criminal offence?
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It's unprofessional to let prospective customers know that EasyDNS is not a company that specializes in handling DDOS, so just keep looking for a company that can help you out? Seems refreshingly honest to me. And as a customer of theirs, I appreciate that they're looking to protect the infrastructure that I rely upon. Regarding that second part; if you do any kind of online service provision like EasyDNS, you'll qui…
>These guys are extraordinarily [...] professional. I think part of OP's complaint is they are not coming across as professional. It is entirely reasonable to take those stances but their tact is way off and definitely portrays their company in an unprofessional manner. They might be good at what they do, I wouldn't know personally, but they come off as edgy/abrasive/unprofessional and those two quotes alone would ha…
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easyDNS here. 1) We do not advertise in Germany. 2) Our client is not German.
Do you have other clients who are in Germany? It appears that you do act as a registrar for .DE domains. At least, entering "ascascdasdcascascascasdcasdc.de" on the search on the front page at https://easydns.com/ offers to register it for me. It's purely a guess on my part, but I'd expect that most people who purchase .DE domains are in Germany, so if you've actually sold a few .DE domains you probably have some Ger…
We comply with the laws of the country in which we are domiciled, which is Canada.
EasyDNS's Plain English Terms of Service make them seem like a really unprofessional company: >We are NOT a DDoS Mitigation Service. [...] If you come on this system knowingly bringing a DDoS on your heels we shut down service (we may also wildcard your DNS to localhost and set the TTL on your zone out to a year. You’ve been warned). or >Guilt-by-Association: not only do we terminate any domains or websites which vio…
Having been in that business: Web hosting companies receive a TON of abuse. Some of them specialize in dealing with large DDoS attacks, unpopular/illegal/shady content, but most don't and want to spend their time on their product instead. Scammers typically open tons of similar accounts, register expensive phishing domains and host phishing pages on your network, and guilt-by-association is how you clean it up. Most…
Yeah, maybe if you primarily deal with lowendtalk hosts operated by 12yo kids. Actual professional hosting companies would never even consider this stuff.
I've been harrassed by law firms in connection with photograph copyright claims. In my case it was a law firm in France who also had a presence in the US. It was a minor claim (they demanded $500). We took the image down immediately, but they continued to demand their cash "settlement" with multiple letters over a year (1 letter every 1-2 months, each one with increasingly aggressive wording). I eventually got on the…
0) Purchase office in East Texas.
1) Hire a few young lawyers (having difficulty finding work),
2) scan for companies that have 1 round of series A funding,
3) scan their website for any off domain image,
4) scan their website for any SMS sending,
5) if anything is found - send scary overnight letters demanding 4-5k
The worst thing that you can do to THIS business idea is to take the letter and throw it into the trash. Make them show up in court in East Texas.
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So any DNS registrar that registers sites accessible in Saudi Arabia is subject to its blasphemy laws? Without any presence in foreign countries, the most the foreign country can do is block the offending website or infrastructure provider. I guess they could also request extradition, but most countries only extradite citizens if what they did was also illegal in the home country.
Well no. There was one case where the USA couldn't reach a company in another country, so the next time an employee came on holiday to the USA, he was thrown in jail. Don't remember the details, unfortunately.
I've been harrassed by law firms in connection with photograph copyright claims. In my case it was a law firm in France who also had a presence in the US. It was a minor claim (they demanded $500). We took the image down immediately, but they continued to demand their cash "settlement" with multiple letters over a year (1 letter every 1-2 months, each one with increasingly aggressive wording). I eventually got on the…
Basic company idea. 0) Purchase office in East Texas. 1) Hire a few young lawyers (having difficulty finding work), 2) scan for companies that have 1 round of series A funding, 3) scan their website for any off domain image, 4) scan their website for any SMS sending, 5) if anything is found - send scary overnight letters demanding 4-5k The worst thing that you can do to THIS business idea is to take the letter and th…
EasyDNS's Plain English Terms of Service make them seem like a really unprofessional company: >We are NOT a DDoS Mitigation Service. [...] If you come on this system knowingly bringing a DDoS on your heels we shut down service (we may also wildcard your DNS to localhost and set the TTL on your zone out to a year. You’ve been warned). or >Guilt-by-Association: not only do we terminate any domains or websites which vio…
Let me just further highlight this specific part: >we may also wildcard your DNS to localhost and set the TTL on your zone out to a year. You’ve been warned Maliciously tampering with customer DNS configs to DoS them for extended periods? Fucking incredible.
EasyDNS's Plain English Terms of Service make them seem like a really unprofessional company: >We are NOT a DDoS Mitigation Service. [...] If you come on this system knowingly bringing a DDoS on your heels we shut down service (we may also wildcard your DNS to localhost and set the TTL on your zone out to a year. You’ve been warned). or >Guilt-by-Association: not only do we terminate any domains or websites which vio…
Ah, "unprofessional". An adjective that can be tackled on to anything in a business setting, meaning "something I don't like but can't quite articulate why, only that's different to what I'm used to".