GoDaddy Starts Shutting Down Steroid-Related Websites Under Pressure from LegitScript.com

The internet domain registrar GoDaddy has started shutting down anabolic steroid-related websites under increasing pressure from a pharmacy special interest group called LegitScript.com. LegitScript.com is an internet pharmacy verification service that approves pharmacies that conform to United States federal and state laws.

The service apparently promotes the internationalization of steroid laws and prescription laws such that international internet pharmacies not subject to U.S. laws are considered illegitimate if they fail to comply. Furthermore, LegitScripts.com has requested that GoDaddy shut down websites that only provide information related to the non-medical use of anabolic steroids; in other words, LegitScripts wants GoDaddy to pull the plug on steroid-related websites that do NOT even sell anabolic steroids but just discuss the use of steroids for bodybuilding purposes.

GoDaddy recently shutdown the following steroid pharmacy websites ominously listing the nameservers as NS1.SUSPENDED-FOR.SPAM-AND-ABUSE.COM and NS2.SUSPENDED-FOR.SPAM-AND-ABUSE.COM:

Axiolabsgear.com and various product websites owned by parent company including primoplex.com, trenaplex.com, haloplex.com, mastaplex.com, methanoplex.com, oxandroplex.com, stanoplex.com, etc.
Effectivemedications.com and various other websites owned by parent company including buywinstrol.net, buysustanon.org, buyclenbuterol.net, etc
Body-pharmacy.com and various other websites owned by parent company including Normshop.net, Roid4sale.com, Underground-pharmacy.com, etc

Ivitamins.org appeared to have also been taken down by GoDaddy but it now appears that the owners quickly recognized the actions GoDaddy was taking against other steroid-related websites and initiated a transfer of the domain to another registrar which is currently “pending.” It is unclear whether GoDaddy will now be able to shut down Ivitamins.org at this point.

The exact reasons for GoDaddy’s actions have not been clearly disclosed so the merits of the action can not be full debated. However, it is worth noting that the Anabolic Steroid Control Act and the Ryan Haight Online Consumer Protection Act do not extend to countries outside of the United States although U.S. registrars like GoDaddy may base their actions on U.S. law.

LegitScript.com clearly advocates the internationalization of steroid law claiming the laws of other countries are meaningless and that the physical location of an internet pharmacy is irrelevant. They believe the legality of steriod websites should be judged by US policy. What is illegal in the USA should be illegal all over the world.

What about the fact that anabolic steroids are actually legal without a prescription in some countries? Even if the seller is located in that country, and therefore not violating that country’s law, two things are clear: first, the drugs are being marketed and made available to residents of the United States, where the illegality of anabolic steroids, without a prescription, is well-established, and second, the domain name registrars in question, being physically located within the United States, should consider US law to define what is illegal for purposes of the terms of their User Agreements, and take action accordingly.

Philip Sweitzer articulated serious concerns with the “internationalization of steroid law.”

The internationalized, fascistic nature of current steroid law enforcement policy thus emerges. Hegemony is its stated goal, that U.S. policy must be tantamount to international policy: all nations must conform to the legal standard of the United States. We must all think alike The internationalization of steroid law, however, is also troubling for its politicization and heavy-handed reliance on dishonest notions of morality, cheating, and protecting our children, rather than science

GoDaddy may have just become a participant in the politicized international anti-steroid efforts.

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Millard writes about anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs and their use and impact in sport and society. He discusses the medical and non-medical uses of anabolic-androgenic steroids while advocating a harm reduction approach to steroid education.

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a andysutils Oct 18, 2008 #1

wow well done legalscript, what an absoloute credit to the world you are, so lets shut down all steroid related websites which give accurate and correct information regarding the use of AAS such as to careless teenagers to start to panic about there first cycles which some include 100mgs of anadrol a day and 400mg deca per week, lets shut down steriod sites regarding people who post about these insane cycles there doing and let them die of liver failure and kill themselves. lets shutdown the knowledge of what to do about gyno symptoms and permanent loss of sex drives aswell.

lets go back to the days of people who will no longer have any knowlegde of the correct use of anabolics and without the knowlegde of any PCTs or even what a PCT is.

well done, lets cause more deaths, injuries and harm to people who are going to take gear regardless of what people tell them but without even the advice or word of warnings. what an absoloute geniuses you parasites really are.

ill be sure to spread the word dude

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Millard Oct 18, 2008 #2

Thanks.

LegitScripts pretty much says they don't care about laws of any other countries, and it doesn't matter if internet pharmacies operate LEGALLY in other countries. If the internet pharmacy is overseas, it is essentially a ROGUE steroid website.

See this Will GoDaddy Terminate All Websites Selling Anabolic Steroids? | MESO-Rx Steroid Blog

What about the fact that anabolic steroids are actually legal without a prescription in some countries? Even if the seller is located in that country, and therefore not violating that countrys law, two things are clear: first, the drugs are being marketed and made available to residents of the United States, where the illegality of anabolic steroids, without a prescription, is well-established, and second, the domain name registrars in question, being physically located within the United States, should consider US law to definie what is illegal for purposes of the terms of their User Agreements, and take action accordingly.

Sometimes the U.S. has stupid laws e.g. steroid laws. But it is worse when organizations try to force the same stupidity on other countries with more sensible steroid/drug policy.

a andysutils Oct 19, 2008 #3

well tbh, theres that many scamming scumbags out there now in the steroid industry, the vasy majority of pharmacy websites are probably rogue:D, probably more rogues than there are genuine

r rAJJIN Oct 20, 2008 #4

Thanks for the heads Up! I was reading that in your Blog when I signed in.

Millard Oct 29, 2008 #5

Also, Wild West Domains is a GoDaddy subsidiary although they have not shutdown steroid-related sites (yet).

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