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Wait, how can a company seize the domains of another?
by norswap 12y ago
Wait, how can a company seize the domains of another?
- rdl 12y agoI agree, it's a bit troublesome that one private company can do this to another, vs. the government doing so.
- ggchappell 12y agoIt is the government. Specifically, the order was issued (it appears) by the U.S. District Court of Nevada. See also my root-level comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7968365 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7968365
- nimish 12y agoBy convincing a judge that it was necessary? Actual detail here: http://www.noticeoflawsuit.com/index.htm http://www.noticeoflawsuit.com/index.htm
- jevinskie 12y agoThe legal team got a domain just for the notice?
- notsoMicrosoft 12y agoThis is America. With enough money, you can do whatever you want.
- threeseed 12y agoYou can see it that way. Others will see it as Microsoft proactively removing bots and spam.
- notsoMicrosoft 12y agoIt is the FBI's job to enforce cyber criminal law and execute takedowns of malicious domains. Not Microsoft's[or any other NGO].
- yardie 12y agoYou go to court make a claim (copyright, trademark, or in this case negligence). Then with the judgement in hand fax that over to the registrar who has no choice but to comply. If the registrar won't comply you kick it up to the national body. This has been going on for years. You don't own a domain name you just rent it.