EasyDNS

easyDNS was co-founded in 1998 by Mark Jeftovic, Colin Viebrock and John Schmidt.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zoneedit.com/easyzone_faq.html|title=ZoneEdit is Under New Management|date=2014-08-06|website=ZoneEdit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817194338/https://www.zoneedit.com/easyzone_faq.html|archive-date=2014-08-17|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-30}}{{Cite web|url=https://easydns.com/blog/2018/06/11/impending-fake-news-bill-brings-censorship-free-speech-concerns/|title=Impending "Fake News" Bill Brings Censorship, Free Speech Concerns|date=June 11, 2018|publisher=easyDNS|access-date=2019-05-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://easydns.com/blog/2018/11/19/dont-advertise-urls-that-you-dont-exclusively-control/|title=Don't Advertise URLs That You Don't Exclusively Control|last=Jeftovic|first=Mark|date=November 19, 2018|publisher=easyDNS|access-date=2019-05-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://easydns.com/blog/2014/05/26/growth-for-growths-sake-leads-to-nowhere/|title=Growth for Growth's Sake Leads to Nowhere|last=Jeftovic|first=Mark|date=May 26, 2014|publisher=easyDNS|access-date=2019-05-05}}

On March 2, 2000, easyDNS became an affiliate of ICANN accredited registrar OpenSRS (now Tucows).{{Cite web|url=http://www.easydns.com/news.php3|title=News Releases|publisher=easyDNS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000620222438/http://www.easydns.com/news.php3|archive-date=2000-06-20|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-30}}

In 2003 easyDNS became directly accredited via ICANN. That year the company began accepting payment by E-gold.{{cite book|title=Business Week|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NrQpAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|page=71}}

In April 2013, easyDNS started accepting Bitcoin as a payment method.{{Cite web|url=https://easydns.com/blog/2013/04/16/we-now-accept-bitcoin-as-a-payment-method/|title=We now accept Bitcoin as a payment method.|last=Jeftovic|first=Mark|date=April 16, 2013|publisher=easyDNS|access-date=2019-05-05}} In June the company was one of several that were caught up in a day-long international Denial-of-service attack, although the attack was not aimed at an easyDNS customer.[https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/toronto-provider-recovering-from-ddos-attack/47860 "Toronto provider recovering from DDoS attack"]. ITWorld, Howard Solomon, June 5th, 2013

In August 2014, easyDNS acquired DNS provider ZoneEdit.

In 2017, easyDNS started providing Ethereum Name Service (ENS) integration for domain names.{{cite web|url=https://easydns.com/blog/2018/09/02/ethereum-name-service-ens-integration-now-live-on-mainnet/|title=Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Integration Now Live on Mainnet.|last=Jeftovic|first=Mark|date=September 2, 2018|publisher=easyDNS}}

In 2010, due to confusion with the similarly named EveryDNS, easyDNS was widely reported to have cut off DNS service to WikiLeaks.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/canadian-firm-caught-up-in-wiki-wars/article1318928/ "Canadian firm caught up in Wiki wars"]. The Globe and Mail. Steve Ladurantaye, December 8, 2010 easyDNS subsequently was approached by WikiLeaks and agreed to host three domain names for WikiLeaks.{{cite news|title=Defenders of WikiLeaks Swarmed Wrong Target|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/business/global/13wiki.html|accessdate=August 5, 2015|work=New York Times|date=December 10, 2010}} Some easyDNS customers who disapproved of WikiLeaks threatened to change providers.

In October 2013, a request from the UK Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit requested they redirect torrentpond.com to an IP address controlled by the PIPCU.

This request was refused due to having no legal basis.[http://blog.easydns.org/2013/10/08/whatever-happened-to-due-process/ Whatever Happened to "Due Process" ?], EasyDNS, 2013-10-08{{cite news|last=Orlowski|first=Andrew|title=Canadian operator EasyDNS stands firm against London cops|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/11/london_cops_leads_global_push_to_make_pirates_vanish|accessdate=21 April 2014|newspaper=The Register|date=11 October 2013}} easyDNS suggested that registrars that complied with the PIPCU's requests may have violated ICANN's transfer policies.{{cite web|last=Jeftovic|first=Mark|title=Registrars that complied with "shakedown" requests may now be in violation of ICANN Transfers Policy|url=http://blog.easydns.org/2013/10/10/registrars-that-complied-with-shakedown-requests-may-now-be-in-violation-of-icann-transfers-policy/|publisher=EasyDNS|accessdate=21 April 2014}} and filed a request for enforcement with ICANN.{{cite web|last=Jeftovic|first=Mark|title=TDRP proceedings initiated in response to UK police shakedown|url=http://blog.easydns.org/2013/10/29/tdrp-proceedings-initiated-in-response-to-uk-police-shakedown/|accessdate=21 April 2014}} Following this request, three domains suspended by Public Domain Registry were ordered to be transferred to easyDNS.{{cite web|last1=Andy|title=Registrars Can't Hold 'Pirate' Domains Hostage Without Court Order|url=http://torrentfreak.com/registrars-cant-hold-pirate-domains-hostage-without-court-order-140110/|accessdate=21 September 2014}}

In 2014, easyDNS was at the centre of controversy due to its policy of refusing to take down web pages for unlicensed online pharmaceutical companies accused of selling controlled substances without a prescription. easyDNS CEO Mark Jeftovic referred to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy as a "batch of clowns" after it sent easyDNS and other registrars a letter ordering them to take down the websites unlicensed pharmacies without court orders and to prevent those domains from transferring to other registrars. Doing so would put registrars in violation of their ICANN Registrar Accreditation Agreements.{{cite news|title=NABP To Registrars: you Must Takedown and Seize Any Domain We Tell You To|url=https://easydns.com/blog/2014/01/10/nabp-to-registrars-you-must-takedown-and-seize-any-domain-we-tell-you-to/}}

easyDNS clarified its policy after a man died after taking a "controlled substance" codeine phosphate purchased without a prescription from airmailchemist.com, an online drug seller registered through {{sic|e|hide=yes|expected=Full legal company name starts with a lowercase letter "e".}}asyDNS Technologies Inc. easyDNS was not aware of airmailchemist’s presence on the system, and had not been informed by ICANN of the circumstances around the man’s death until contacted by a reporter.{{cite news|title=Icann, Regulators Clash Over Illegal Online Drug Sales|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/icann-regulators-clash-over-illegal-internet-drug-sales-1414463403|accessdate=August 5, 2015|work=Wall Street Journal|date=October 27, 2014}} Upon learning of the death, easyDNS immediately initiated contact with the FDA and added a requirement that online pharmacies be licensed by one of three online pharmaceutical accreditation agencies.{{cite news|title=EasyDNS changes take-down policy after man dies|url=http://domainincite.com/17177-easydns-changes-take-down-policy-after-man-dies|accessdate=August 5, 2015|date=August 15, 2014}}

From October 25, 2018 to October 26, the domain contact details of 1,500 domain owners using easyDNS were leaked in Whois query results due to a bug in a system provided by the second largest domain registrar in the world, Tucows, which easyDNS uses as its backend to manage domain names.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/02/easydns_whois_leak/|title=Web domain owners paid EasyDNS to cloak their contact info from sight. It was blabbed via public Whois anyway|last=Hill|first=Rebecca|date=2018-11-02|website=The Register|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103015107/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/02/easydns_whois_leak/|archive-date=2018-11-03|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-30}}

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