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But that list does not include .horse, which is on another list as operated by Minds + Machines, "a British Virgin Islands-based company". https://en.wikipedia
by card_zero 3mo ago
But that list does not include .horse, which is on another list as operated by Minds + Machines, "a British Virgin Islands-based company".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English-language_generic_Internet_top-level_domains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English-language_gener...
I suppose they're in California really, but perhaps not for legal purposes. Likewise Uniregistry (.lol) "was registered in the Cayman Islands", for what good that does.
- inigyou 3mo agoAll gTLDs are required by ICANN to follow US law, regardless of the registry's actual or legal location. This is because ICANN is US-based.
- fragmede 3mo agoUS copyright holders would very much like thepiratebay.org to go away, yet it persists. It's not even technically true, ICANN is a California non-profit, which does not automatically make all aspects of running a registrar subject to all US law. The registry's location is legally relevant. A German registry has to obey German and EU law. Maybe this time will be different, but the pirate bay has been around since 2003.
- inigyou 3mo agoThe US government would have no issue shutting down the domain thepiratebay.org. it could simply ask the registry to do so or ask a court to order it to do so. For some reason, it has not.