directNIC is proud of the fact that it works closely with the FBI, missing and exploited children and other organizations in an effort to remove child porn from the internet. Unfortunately, not all organizations are as diligent. The result is that in the future organizations that are not diligent could be fined up to $300,000 for not reporting child porn. See
http://news.com.com/SenatorIllegalim...?tag=nefd.lede.
In most cases when there is a report of child porn directNIC takes immediate action and shuts down the domain names because there it is blatantly obvious that the customer is offering child porn. However, not every case is clear cut.
In this case the letter was intended to notify the customer of the potential issue that was reported to directNIC. This does not mean that the domains contain child porn. It only means that an investigation was being conducted. This only means that we want to investigate to make sure that we do not facilitate the trading of child porn online.
directNIC does not arbitrarily shut down domain names of customers due to a questionable image. directNIC receives complaints of child porn on a regular basis. Sometimes the complaints warrant an investigation because the case is not clear cut.
These are very important issues that we all face, unfortunately there are no simple answers. We will continue to be diligent and look forward to working with the adult webmaster community to solve these issues . directNIC understands the legitimate adult webmaster is as concerned about child porn as we are and recognizes potential damage the entire industry receives from those who exploit these issues.