ICANN suspended Freenom accreditation
Today, June 25, 2015 at 12:00, ICANN suspended the accreditation of Freenom, which is the administrator of popular domain zones, such as .TK and other shareware top-level domains. The reason for such a serious decision was that the company was engaged in cybersquatting in relation to its direct competitors - other domain registrars.
According to reports, there is information that Freenom from July 8 to October 6 will not be able to register new domains and receive money for registration services, if it does not provide ICANN with a complete list of domains registered with malicious intent.
Seven companies have become victims of cybersquatting, including GoDaddy and Key-Systems. WIPO received a complaint about seven domains registered by Freenom representatives: netearthone.biz, rrpproxy.me, key-systems.cc, resellerclub.tk, resellbiz.biz, godaddy.cf and resello.ws. With the help of these sites, Freenom tried to entice resellers of other registrars to themselves. To do this, we registered domains with their trademarks in accordance with the Google search ranking.
WIPO also noted that Freenom often neglected its duties as a registrar, removing domains from cybersquatting, instead of blocking the possibility of their transfer. This allowed fraudsters to transfer the domain to another registrar.
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To avoid punishment, Freenom must submit a list of all domain names that violate intellectual property rights, remove them or transfer them to the right holders, as well as fulfill a number of other obligations.
This is the first time that ICANN has suspended its accreditation due to cybersquatting against competitors.
According to reports, there is information that Freenom from July 8 to October 6 will not be able to register new domains and receive money for registration services, if it does not provide ICANN with a complete list of domains registered with malicious intent.
Seven companies have become victims of cybersquatting, including GoDaddy and Key-Systems. WIPO received a complaint about seven domains registered by Freenom representatives: netearthone.biz, rrpproxy.me, key-systems.cc, resellerclub.tk, resellbiz.biz, godaddy.cf and resello.ws. With the help of these sites, Freenom tried to entice resellers of other registrars to themselves. To do this, we registered domains with their trademarks in accordance with the Google search ranking.
WIPO also noted that Freenom often neglected its duties as a registrar, removing domains from cybersquatting, instead of blocking the possibility of their transfer. This allowed fraudsters to transfer the domain to another registrar.
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To avoid punishment, Freenom must submit a list of all domain names that violate intellectual property rights, remove them or transfer them to the right holders, as well as fulfill a number of other obligations.
This is the first time that ICANN has suspended its accreditation due to cybersquatting against competitors.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/261155/
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