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I meant his request specifically. To make it public, or have a public alternative. --- So? All governments routinely seize domain names belonging to their res
by mynameisvlad 14y ago
I meant his request specifically. To make it public, or have a public alternative.
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So? All governments routinely seize domain names belonging to their respective ccTLDs. ThePirateBay just got .gl seized, and I believe .se will be seized soon too.
In any case, there will be someone having jurisdiction over the domain name. The TLD will fall under, most likely, the US' jurisdiction, so they'd still have seizing power. If it doesn't, then whatever organization, and, through that, country it's based in, will have their own laws, and their own seizure policies. And the laws will most likely conflict with some other country's laws.
This is completely beside the original point that was made, though. Nowhere in the original comment I replied to did the author mention jurisdiction or seizures.
- nitrogen 14y agoI assumed that the original request for an international TLD was implicitly referencing the seizures and other downsides to country-specific TLDs, since they are frequently discussed on HN. Perhaps I misinterpreted the intention of the request. Also, I don't think it's necessarily true that one country will always have jurisdiction over specific Internet names. The Internet isn't "done"; both the net and the concept of "jurisdiction" can change over time.