They were legally told to stop, eh? (Yes, I'm Canadian) Well, last Friday I got a call from them, after registering an url for a personal site the day before, using a ficticious hosting company name in an effort to make myself look more professional than I really am. (Isn't that something we all try at one point or another?) That would have been... January 5 according to my calendar, or would that injunction not apply to Canadian registrars (no jurisdiction here)? I was kind of shocked to hear someone calling and asking for 'IronDragon Hosting', as I had only made it up the previous day. At first I thought it was kinda funny, then I worried about who else would be sniffing out my vitals, and for what reason - now I'm considering 'fictici-fying' my vitals, or getting a PO box. Big Companies are going way too far in their quest for new customers. Does anyone really respect, or condone these tactics?
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They were legally told to stop, eh? (Yes, I'm Canadian) Well, last Friday I got a call from them, after registering an url for a personal site the day before, using a ficticious hosting company name in an effort to make myself look more professional than I really am. (Isn't that something we all try at one point or another?) That would have been... January 5 according to my calendar, or would that injunction not apply to Canadian registrars (no jurisdiction here)? I was kind of shocked to hear someone calling and asking for 'IronDragon Hosting', as I had only made it up the previous day. At first I thought it was kinda funny, then I worried about who else would be sniffing out my vitals, and for what reason - now I'm considering 'fictici-fying' my vitals, or getting a PO box. Big Companies are going way too far in their quest for new customers. Does anyone really respect, or condone these tactics?