A GoDaddy customer must pay $652,000.

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After suing over the domain suspension, a GoDaddy customer must pay $652,000. Court grants GoDaddy’s motion for attorneys’ fees; domain registrant files appeal.


After losing a lawsuit against GoDaddy, the customer was ordered to pay $652k to the domain registrar. Leo India Films Limited registered einthusan .tv, a site that hosts South Asian films, through GoDaddy.

 In July 2019, GoDaddy suspended the domain name after receiving a letter from the Office of the Inspector General of Policy, Maharashtra Cyber, in Mumbai, stating that the domain pointed to a site that was “infringing copyrights and engaged in piracy.”

 In the same month, Leo India Films filed a lawsuit against GoDaddy on the grounds of procedural and substantive unconscionability, tortious interference with business relationships, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and breach of contract. GoDaddy defended the lawsuit by pointing out that the terms of service Leo India Films agreed to stated that GoDaddy may:

 deny, cancel, terminate, suspend, lock or modify access to (or control of) any Account or Services (including the right to cancel or transfer any domain name registration) for any reason (as determined by [GoDaddy] in its sole and absolute discretion), including but not limited to the following . . . (v) to comply with requests of law enforcement, including subpoena requests, . . . (viii) to avoid any civil or criminal liability on the part of [GoDaddy.]

 Leo India Films argued that the clause was unconscionable and, therefore, unenforceable.

 The site owner had agreed to similar terms with other registrars after his domain was suspended by GoDaddy, demonstrating that the clause is common in domain registration agreements. Last year, the court entered summary judgment (pdf) in GoDaddy’s favor.

 After that, GoDaddy submitted a motion for attorney's fees. The court granted GoDaddy's motion in May of this year and ordered Leo India Films to pay the domain registrar approximately $652,000.

Writer: Binod Kumar Simkhada
 binodkumarsimkhada315@gmail.com

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