Network Solutions Advertises On Your Sub-Domains 157
Wowsers writes "The Register reports that customers have found that their defunct or forgotten-about sub-domains have been taken over by Network Solutions to send users to ad pages. By digging through a 59K-word user agreement, you can find the following text: 'You also agree that any domain name directory, sub-directory, file name or path (e.g.) that does not resolve to an active web page on your Web site being hosted by Network Solutions, may be used by Network Solutions to place a "parking" page, "under construction" page, or other temporary page that may include promotions and advertisements for, and links to, Network Solutions' Web site...'" TechCrunch first brought this NetSol practice to light, and Ars explained how to opt out of it if you host there.
Anyone who buys from him is a hypocrite (Score:1, Funny)
Anyone who has ever said they don't like spam and then buys web hosting from this jerkoff is a fucking hypocrite. End of story.
Re:Ridiculous prices anyway (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Anyone who buys from him is a hypocrite (Score:3, Funny)
And if my fellow
Ok, I kid, I kid.
Re:If there is one lesson that I have learned (Score:4, Funny)
Re:59K-word user agreement!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - 76,944 words
Still, I'm moving my pages to Hogwarts Hosting !
Re:opt out (Score:3, Funny)
You're on slashdot, surely you support a "stupid tax"!
Re:If there is one lesson that I have learned (Score:3, Funny)
Re:If there is one lesson that I have learned (Score:2, Funny)