EasyDNS threatened with criminal complaint if client data not disclosed

Post by paulie_a » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 5:55 AM UTC

cat199 wrote: post #128

walrus01 wrote: post #77

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I'm sure I have something on a public httpd somewhere my company owns that is insulting to the Thai king. Better look out, I'm going to Thai prison for lese majeste!

Actually had a customer (or just angry netizen) complain about this at a hosting company. Was very satisfying to return our boilerplate about how we were in 'murica and this didn't apply.

Post by Legogris » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 8:18 AM UTC

1000units wrote: post #24

Legogris wrote: post #18

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A better analogy of something that regularly happens would be demands for a mobile phone provider to hand over all info they have for a number used in drug trade. Not sure how that works in Germany.

This is hardly analogous. A registrar files some paperwork. A phone provider operates and maintains equipment that provides the functionality of the phone.

Post by Joakal » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 9:49 AM UTC

rndgermandude wrote: post #161

manfredo wrote: post #10

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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.

> So any DNS registrar that registers sites accessible in Saudi Arabia is subject to its blasphemy laws? Well, yes, kinda. But the Saudis will not be successful in extraditing you, most likely. However they can still block your services, and Allah help you if you decide to travel there after you've been found guilty of violating their laws. Then again, not as bad as the US is on and about... Just ask Mr Dotcom...

Post by LinuxBender » Tue, Sep 17, 2019, 4:34 PM UTC

duxup wrote: post #63

cj wrote: post #58

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Post by kuschku » Wed, Sep 18, 2019, 9:10 AM UTC

icebraining wrote: post #171

kuschku wrote: post #143

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It’s hard to argue that you don’t cater to the german market if you market a product that explicitly requires a german representative.

The product sold by EasyDNS is not targeted at the german market, it's targeted at people who (often, not always¹) want to offer their products (or information, or something else) to Germans. ¹ some just want some domain hack that ends in "de". I have a .es domain, despite having no intention of targeting the Spanish market, just because the name of the site ended in "es".