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Weird, the way the government said they had a secret court extension, but couldn't even give a redacted copy. It almost sounds like they didn't have a court ext
by wisty 15y ago
Weird, the way the government said they had a secret court extension, but couldn't even give a redacted copy. It almost sounds like they didn't have a court extension, and were lying that they did, and eventually had to hand the domain back out of sheer embarrassment.
- angelbob 15y agoSure. Usually if you give embarrassing people the runaround, they eventually go away. It was, admittedly, way too optimistic for the government to assume every seized domain would work this way. But for them to assume this one specific one would work that way is actually depressingly likely. Governments illegally seize stuff all the time, especially when investigating anything drug-related. They can seize and auction off your stuff basically even on suspicion of it being bought with drug money. What happens if it wasn't? Well, they owe you money back if your lawyer is good enough to make that happen.
- einhverfr 15y agoMy reading was "they lied. They never planned to do anything." I dunno, if it was my site, I would ask that my lawyer sue to the government to get the site back, and make the government prove that another judge was already handling it.