US Shuts Down Canadian Gambling Site With Verisign's Help

First time accepted submitter ausrob writes "Domain seizures are nothing new, but this particular case is interesting. The Department of Homeland Security has seized a domain name registered outside of the U.S., by individuals who are not American citizens, and who registered with a Canadian registrar. From the article: 'The ramifications of this are no less than chilling and every single organization branded or operating under .com, .net, .org, .biz etc needs to ask themselves about their vulnerability to the whims of U.S. federal and state lawmakers (not exactly known their cluefulness nor even-handedness, especially with regard to matters of the internet).'"

Comments

My homeland feels much more secure now!

[mykos]

Thanks, DHS! I have long been worried that terrorists could gamble online and somehow infringe my safety and freedom.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Keep insulting the USA and I promise, I will write to my senator to ask that Canada be invaded next.

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[lexsird]

Send him a check and I'm sure it will happen.

Re:GAMBLING FUNDS TERRORISM!!!11!

[TheRaven64]

So the DHS plan makes sense:

1. Terrorists attack America because they hate it.
2. If they don't hate you, they won't attack you.
3. They hate you because of your freedoms.
4. If you remove your freedoms, they won't hate you.

Re:GAMBLING FUNDS TERRORISM!!!11!

[tqk]

Either that, or they are just trying to spend money and justify their existance and vast budget somehow.

"Mr. President, I have an idea. How's about we just piss off the whole world to the point that they come and invade us, instead of us invading them? We can't afford to keep on offshoring war. We should bring that market home to the USA mainland. Just think what that would do for your poll ratings if the whole world was against us. The Sheeple would love you for it."

"Brillant [sic]!"