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Canadian Bureau Charges Registrar With Deception

Posted by timothy on from the plain-language dept.

Greedo writes "In a follow-up to the previous story about sleazy marketing tactics by domain registrars, the not-so-friendly folks at the Internet Registry of Canada (same folks behind Domain Registry of (Canada|America|Europe) got a wake-up call today as the Competition Bureau laid charges against IRoC and its principals under the Competition Act's misleading representations and deceptive telemarketing provisions."

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  1. See? by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 5, Insightful
    This and the other cases mentioned prove it's possible to apply physical-world laws to cyberspace. Little need for new laws, if you explain the situation. Too bad other government agencies don't "get it" as easily.

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