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ICANN Grants Temporary Reprieve to Spamhaus

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yet-i'm-still-getting-spamalanched dept.

daringone writes "ICANN released a statement that says they "...cannot comply with any order requiring it to suspend or place a client hold on Spamhaus.org or any specific domain name" They do, however leave the door open for the registrar that registered the domain name to then be forced to turn the lights off for Spamhaus."

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  1. Might I suggest? by tehSpork · · Score: 3, Funny

    We should add a few letters to ICANN's name, therefore making it "ICANNOT." They literally supervise domain names and the IP space, however that's about it.

    Now if Spamhaus registered the domain with GoDaddy, all 'e360' needs to do is say the site contains some severely questionable content and down the domain will go. GoDaddy has a good history with that...

  2. Re:Huh? by Jugalator · · Score: 3, Funny

    OK, in "modern english" from my amateur interpretation of the article (feel free to correct me)

    e360 has joined the chat
    spamhaus has joined the chat
    e360: omg we aren't spammers so we sue u becos u think we are!
    spamhaus: ...
    court has joined the chat
    court: spamhaus won't reply, so default judgement of $12 million in litigation costs for them
    court: oh, and u must remove e360 from ur spammer list now!!
    court: and btw, tell u did wrong on ur website...
    icann has joined the chat
    icann: wtf! whats e360 claims based on anyway??
    e360: omg take down every spamhaus domain until they comply with court's order! FFS
    tucows has joined the chat (= Spamhaus.org domain registrar)
    tucows: ??? wtf is all the ruckus about!
    e360: just sign the papers to bring down the assholes u idiot
    ** start of these news **
    icann: i dunno... but WE cant do shit.. we lack teh authority..
    icann: spamhaus never wrote a contarct with us... its up to tucows i guess
    icann: hell we werent even brought to court properly by 360

    Will be interesting to see how it unfolds... If I understand things right, TUCOWS has not responded.

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  3. I want an injunction by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 2, Funny
    against people who throw away their junk mail without reading them. This adversely impacts the freedom of expression of the local pizzaria, the local grocery store, those carpet cleaning guys, the 12.99 oil change people, and the used car salesmen.

    Also I want that judge to decalre the "do not call" list created by the US Govt illegal. If someone talks to you, you have to drop everything and listen. If someone sends you a piece of junk mail, you must read it.

    How asinine can any judge get?

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  4. Re:Huh? by AcidLacedPenguiN · · Score: 5, Funny

    So in layman's english ICAAN is simply saying ICAAN'T.

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  5. Re:PIR are the ones who could do it. by saleenS281 · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about an Iranian court... whitehouse.gov anyone?

  6. Re:Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If they're forever chasing spamhaus who could decide to use constantly changing IP addresses, domain names etc, then they're beginning to understand how all us normal shmo's feel at having to chase down spam.

    It mIght be the best thing that ever happens to them.

    (Them being Spamhaus)