GoDaddy conflict

[Ed]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:01 PM, R P Herrold <herrold at owlriver.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, der.hans wrote:
>
>> since godaddy is local and reported to be GNU/Linux friendly, this is news
>> for us.
>
> dunno what being FOSS friendly or no has to do with alleged
> 'sharp' business practices, but ...
>
>> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/29/0625249
>
> from TFA: 'When a GoDaddy customer forgets or otherwise fails
> to renew a domain, GoDaddy sells it off ...'
>
> If it expires, it expires.  One no longer owns any interest in
> it.  So?
>
> HOWEVER: As to prospective acquirers of an expired domain
> (i.e., as a customer of 'TDNAM'), it would seen that a duty of
> loyalty, not to 'poach' nor to favor one customer over another
> except according to a previously agreed scheme, seems pretty
> obvious.
>
>> I didn't see a response on the godaddy site.
>
> This response from them seems apropos:
>
> "Go Daddy has reviewed the auction and found nothing improper.
>
> Adam Dicker's knowledge on the auction was no different from
> what any customer coming to our TDNAM site would have had.
>
> To ensure customer confidence and to avoid any possible future
> questions of impropriety all GD employees are now and in the
> future prohibited from participating in TDNAM auctions,
> purchasing, sales & back orders."
>
> - Christine Jones, Go Daddy General Counsel & Corporate
> Secretary

As an unlicensed person, I think:  This is a class action fraud - try
it with stocks and you go to jail, at the very least GoDaddy has got
to be thinking about this as a civil liability.

reputation? what reputation? we don't need no reputation!   ok gone....


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