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Ashcroft v. Registrars on Domain Property Status

Posted by timothy on from the hey-that's-not-a-press dept.

pbuxton writes "Here's a CNN story about the confiscation of domain names by law enforcement. An interesting dilemma noted in the story is that a domain name is either a mere service, which would let Verisign, et al., off the legal hook for mismanagement, or it is property which can be siezed by police and judges." This story mentions (and adds some perspective) to the recent seizure of ISOnews.com.

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  1. All your bongs, are belong to us by Highwayman · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was disappointed. Knowing that some ex-h@x0rs work for DoJ, I was expecting to find the following at the isonews.com website:



    m3ss w1f d@ b3st, d13 l1k3 th3 r3st! d0j 0wnz u!

    sp3c1@l gr33ts t0 0ur l33t h@x0r fr13ndz:

    g33 duby00

    d3p@rtm3nt 0f d3f3nz3

    s@dd@m, w3'r3 c0ming f0r u!