GoDaddy Follows Google's Lead; No More Registrations In China 243
phantomfive writes "GoDaddy has announced it will no longer register domain names in China, in response to new requirements that each registrant be photographed, and their business ID number be submitted. GoDaddy's representative said, 'The intent of the procedures appeared, to us, to be based on a desire by the Chinese authorities to exercise increased control over the subject matter of domain name registrations by Chinese nationals.'"
Wow (Score:5, Funny)
GoDaddy did something I like.
Though, it probably has less to do with "Yay Freedom!" than "We can't sell that even with big-breasted women."
Hey, Me Too! (Score:5, Funny)
Everything is easier when someone else takes the first steps.
Obligatory (Score:1, Funny)
I wonder (Score:5, Funny)
If fu.cn is taken?
Geeze... (Score:5, Funny)
What a bunch of boobs.
Die China Die (Score:0, Funny)
The only thing China should be allowed to do is host a war.
Re:No it's not. (Score:3, Funny)
Let's all pile onto this pointless thread and chime in about how pointless it is, so that it will take longer to scroll past.
Re:Wow (Score:1, Funny)
Its also because GoDaddy asked if they would be allowed to accept Wii Miis instead of photos but China said no.
Re:pandemic? (Score:5, Funny)
> I think 'deleterious' is the word you were looking for.
Why? "delirious " is a perfectly cromulent word.
Re:Hey, Me Too! (Score:5, Funny)
You'd think they'd start with Nigeria.
Re:No it's not. (Score:5, Funny)
In metasyntactic Mad-Lib substitution joke, Communist rhetorical cliches build unexpected wooden puns out of YEW!
Re:Good. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:pandemic? (Score:3, Funny)
Everyone else gets the Chinese equivalent of AOL, pre-1993
They get floppies in the mail every month?
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What is their bottom line in China? (Score:2, Funny)
Doesn't GoDaddy.com practice extreme control over their clients?
Extreme control over their clients' boobs is more like it.
Re:Wow (Score:4, Funny)
Working well is not a defense for being evil.
"The Death Star contractors are delivering on time and under budget! Look at the quality of this work!"
Re:Good. (Score:1, Funny)
There is often a very thin line between funny and insightful.