Web host suspends site planned for anti-Koran film

Reuters (excerpt) ^ | March 22, 2008

[HAL9000]

Excerpt -

AMSTERDAM, March 23 (Reuters) - A U.S.-based web service, which Islam critic and Dutch right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders planned to use to show his film critical of the Koran, said on Saturday that it had inactivated the site due to complaints.

"This site has been suspended while Network Solutions is investigating whether the site's content is in violation of the Network Solutions Acceptable Use Policy," the company said on the site www.fitnathemovie.com.

Wilders, who has given few details about his 15-minute film, has said he plans to release 'Fitna' on the Internet before the end of the month after Dutch broadcasters declined to show it. Fitna is a Koranic term sometimes translated as "strife".

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[South40]

Suras 2-9.

Nuff said.

[LSUfan]

Network Solutions = Good Dhimmis.

Meanwhile, Jihadist web sites get hosted over here all the time and the hosting services claim that there is nothing they can do about it.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981084/posts?page=890#890

[mbraynard]

This is rather exceptional if I am understanding this correctly. Network Solutions doesn't just host sites; it is also a registrar for many domains. I wonder if NS would consider suspending the name server reference for a site it doesn't host but whose domain name is registered with it.

BTW - no one should ever register with them - they charge way too much and have pathetic customer service.

Anyway - hopefully it will be posted up on Youtube if it isn't there already.

[j. earl carter]

Reminds me of an old Kung Fu edisode: Cain witnesses a bank robbery. The sheriff comes and asks if anyone in the crowd can identify the robbers. Cain is the only one in the crowd willing to identify them.

Afterward, a young boy asks Cain why no one would tell the sheriff the identity of the robbers and Cain says, "they were afraid". The young boy says, "but you spoke up." and Cain says, "I do not fear death."

[balch3]

here is a feedback form for Network Solutions. I suggest we Freep them heavily.

[balch3]

sorry, here’s the URL
https://www.networksolutions.com/help/domain-service-request.jsp

[strongconservative4cal]

wheres the aclu on this one?

[kittycatonline.com]

Now if he had a film critical of the Bible, he’d probably not only get free web hosting, he’d probably be on the college speech circuit and be a contender for the Nobel Prize.

[Ronin]

I hope it manages to get posted somewhere. I’ve been waiting for a long time to see this thing.

[taxesareforever]

Roll over and capitulate to the muskies. No different than Europe.

[lilylangtree]

Well, just dang! I would have like to seen it.

[LayoutGuru2]

So why don’t they just put the video up on a few torrent websites and within 24 hours there will be tens of thousands of people seeding copies of it?

[R_Kangel]

Set up rotating random ghost sites and get this stuff out to the public and watch the radicals squirm.

[lowbridge]

Cain says, "they were afraid". The young boy says, "but you spoke up." and Cain says, "I do not fear death."

-Quoteth Old Testament of Chuck Norris 23:12

[atomicweeder]

As a friend of mine says: put a crucifix on your desk at your government job, and you’ll get fired. Put it in a jar of piss, and you’ll get a government grant.

[giotto]

BTW - no one should ever register with them - they charge way too much and have pathetic customer service.

I agree, but out of habit I use them. Can you suggest a cheaper, reliable alternative?

[Steely Tom]

Wouldn’t this be the kind of thing that could best be distributed by a peer-to-peer model (i.e. Napster). Isn’t peer-to-peer server software widely available now?

[HAL9000]

My impression is that Network Solutions is refusing to host the website, but not refusing to register the domain name. If that is correct, it will not be difficult to find another web hosting service for the site.

[mewzilla]

Related link....

Dutch TV shuns anti-Koran film

[mewzilla]

One more, from February 26....

Pakistan lifts curbs on YouTube

From the link....

The move by Pakistani authorities to block access to the website caused an accidental near global blackout of YouTube on Sunday.

[Judges Gone Wild]

Done! I wrote them that their action was cowardly and short-sighted. I quoted Benjamin Franklin, “We must all hang together or we will all hang separately.”

[Sudetenland]

Done as well. Suggested a boycott and talk radio promotion of it as well.

[knighthawk]

islam over freedom of speech

Islam-list

If people want on or off this list, please let me know.

[Petronski]

'nuff said.

[FARS]

GoDaddy. 24/7 support and very liberal.

[Travis McGee]

It’s not worth losing your head over.

[mbraynard]

Sure. My own company. braynard.com. We register your new domains for $5 per year for the first year and we are partnered for hosting with icdsoft.com. See icdsoft.com's plans and 24/7 support on their website. If you register your site through my firm, you can take 25% off of their stated price.

And I kid you not - the support will blow your mind. You can either PM me or email me at matt at braynard dot com.