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No, You Can't Seize Country TLDs, US Court Rules

Posted by timothy on from the you'll-have-to-settle-for-sabotage-and-eavesdropping dept.

itwbennett writes A U.S. court has quashed an attempt to seize Iran's, Syria's and North Korea's domains as part of a lawsuit against those countries' governments. The plaintiffs in the case wanted to seize the domains after they successfully sued Iran, Syria and North Korea as state sponsors of terrorism. But the court found the domains have the nature of a contractual right, and ruled that rights arising under a contract cannot be seized as part of a judgment.

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  1. damn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Damn, I was hoping to get .com's and .gov's seized due to US state sponsored terrorism (I mean surveillance)

  2. Act of war... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    One reason (IIRC, it was the same reason that SOPA/PIPA was shelved) is that China and Russia made it quite clear that blocking their domains is the same thing as blockading physical ship ports or denying access to airspace -- it would be considered an act of war and treated as such.

    Same thing on this level. Taking the TLDs from the countries would further advance the cause of the UN to seize ICANN.

    You think the US is bad... wait until the UN starts running things, with countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabia at the helm. Got a pic of your friend eating a BLT? Your entire domain and IP range gets pulled.