[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "Domains By Proxy is an Internet company started by the founder of GoDaddy, Bob Parsons, which offers domain privacy services through partner domain registrars such as GoDaddy and Wild West Domains."

Of course, this is correct. The point in identifying such is to show that, by citing YouTube as by whois data as by the registrars and privacy services, to show that these enterprises are quite distinctly resident in the United States.

Lots of other non-US domain registrars, as privacy companies, as nameservers pointing to non-US hosts are seen throughout the world.

The "cottage industry" as seen in some of these threads is often distinctly located in the United States.

[deks]

RE: The “cottage industry” as seen in some of these threads is often distinctly located in the United States.

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I would presume that anyone in the world could register a domain through GoDaddy and the associated Domains By Proxy while creating content outside of the United States (see below).

“As of 2023, GoDaddy is the world’s fifth largest web host by market share, with over 62 million registered domains. The company has around 21 million customers and over 6,900 employees worldwide.”