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[ NNSquad ] FBI Seizes Domain Names In Online Gambling Crackdown
FBI Seizes Domain Names In Online Gambling Crackdown
http://j.mp/hWLZ5i (This message on Google Buzz)
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http://j.mp/hvJncJ (DomainPulse)
"The tactics used, that is seizing domain names, are the same as those
used last year against websites accused of copyright violations. As
the Times notes, the tactic may only be temporarily effective as
websites can re-establish themselves using a country code domain, for
example, and be out the reach of US law enforcement."
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At least some of these sites have now re-homed to non-dot-com
addresses beyond U.S. control. However, a relevant question is the
propriety of the U.S. using control over the dot-com registry to
effectively cut off sites globally that use that domain. Is there any
logical reason why the rest of the world should continue to accept
such unilateral behavior impacting their sites, which exists as a
sorry attribute of the domain name system's dangerously centralized
structure at that level, with dot-com in particular subject to the
U.S.' whims without any form of international consultation or
international due process?
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
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