[At-Large] U.S. seizure of .ORG domain name
Derek Smythe
derek at aa419.org
Wed Feb 2 16:16:34 UTC 2011
On 2011/02/02 15:58, Adam Peake wrote:
> I propose the At Large/ALAC protest the U.S. government's seizure of
> domain name Rojadirecta.org.
>
> Rojadirecta is a popular sports streaming and P2P download site.
> Rojadirecta is a legitimate Spanish business. Two Spanish courts have
> ruled the site operates legally.
>
> It seems the U.S. Government Homeland Security's Immigration and
> Customs Enforcement (ICE) division used the TLD as the means of
> seizure in an attempt to take down the site. If the action was
> against the registrar then a registrant would at least have a choice
> of jurisdiction.
How would we factor this in?
http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/ra-agreement-21may09-en.htm#3.7.7.10
We need to consider the registrar for ROJADIRECTA.ORG is Godaddy and
the domain had DomainsByProxy.com as the registered name holder,
although now showing Department of Homeland Security.
Derek
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