Moniker

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Moniker Online Services LLC is a registrar in United States.

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[edit] Anti-Spam Position

[edit] Official Position

From the Moniker Registration Agreement 

28. PROHIBITED CONDUCT

You agree that the following is a non-exclusive list of actions that are not permitted:

...

the uploading, posting or other transmittal any content that infringes anypatent,(sic) trademark,
trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;

the uploading, posting or other transmittal of any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising,
promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other
form of solicitation;

...
 
intentionally or unintentionally violating any applicable local, state, national or international
law, including, but not limited to, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, any rules of any national or other securities exchange, including, without limitation,
the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ, and any regulations having
the force of law;

[edit] Actual Behavior

Despite being a long standing sponsor of Alex Polyakov's crime spree, and despite Polyakov's flagrant breaches in his operations of the conditions shown in bold above, Moniker was number 2 on the list of registrars with the most blacklisted name servers, with 1426 listed domains, and 1521 active (93.75%) at the time of writing. This demonstrates slow reactions in removing known spam domains.

Until December 2006, Moniker responded to complaints by removing the entry given sufficient comprehensive evidence but only after many repeated requests.

Actions in 2007 have been minimal. Either Moniker is not competent at making removals, or there is no desire to dissociate the company from criminals.

CEO Monte Cahn fails to understand the basic concepts of how criminals operate. When asked to terminate his company's contracts with criminals by suspending the name servers registered with his companies, his stock reply is 

Moniker has nothing to do with these . . . You need to contact the host.

Not valid.  Moniker is not the owner, registrant, or host of these domains.

There is no suggestion that Moniker is the owner, registrant, or host. What is obvious, is that Moniker is the registrar providing a safe haven for criminals by refusing to terminate contracts which violate their own terms of service. This leaves Moniker Online, and Monte Cahn, open to a charge of criminal negligence or criminal complicity.

Alex Polyakov domain name servers currently awaiting suspension:

[edit] Description of the Registrar

Subsidiary of Seevast Corp

Both Moniker Online Services and Ace of Domains list Monte Cahn as their CEO.

[edit] Active blacklisted mail domains in last 5 days with Moniker nameservers

Source: URIBL

Moniker Online Services list

[edit] Where to send abuse complaints

See the official ICANN contact list 

http://www.moniker.com

   Contact: Monte Cahn
   Tel: (800) 841-7686 or 1-800-688-6311
   Email: monte@moniker.com

[edit] Additional Contact Information

support@moniker.com 

Monte@corp.moniker.com
Phone: 954-984-8445
Fax: 954-984-0209
ICQ: 292961812
MSN: moniker-man@hotmail.com
AIM/Yahoo: MonikerDotCom

[edit] Postal address

[edit] Registration Information

[edit] Telephone and FAX

Toll-free: 1-800-688-6311

[edit] Sources for this article

[edit] Independent

http://rss.uribl.com/nic
http://rss.uribl.com/nic/MONIKER_ONLINE_SERVICES_INC_.html
http://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/evidence.lasso?rokso_id=ROK7168
http://www.icann.org/registrars/accreditation-qualified-list.html

[edit] Interview

[edit] Corporate

http://moniker.com
http://seevast.com
http://www.moniker.com/help/dtc.jsp

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