US gov't claims right to seize any .com domain

• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  What effect will this have on piracy, online gambling, and counterfeit goods?
  
  http://news.yahoo.com/us-govt-claims-seize-com-domain-004404235.html
  
  US won't have to worry about other countries extraditing citizens; sounds like they'll just go in and snatch 'em.
  
  
  A few readers have asked why .com is under US jurisdiction, given its worldwide use. A good question, and one I should have addressed the first time around. The short, obnoxious answer is: the US made the Internet, so it gets to make the rules.
• karen lotz

  

  Only in the SEC
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  that's why you gotta start buying all the .XXX names.
• said_aouita

  

  Obama's favorite color is ham.
• OneBuckeye

  

  Thugs
• vball10set

  great topic for the CFF--I'm pissed you beat me to it :rolleyes:
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  Whoops... wrong forum (obviously). Mods... can you please move this to the Serious Business forum, please?
  
  Thanks!
• vball10set

  Scarlet_Buckeye;1109783 wrote:Whoops... wrong forum (obviously). Mods... can you please move this to the Serious Business forum, please?
  
  Thanks!

  lol..TGIF!!!
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  Bump
• Mulva

  

  Scarlet_Buckeye;1109754 wrote:What effect will this have on piracy, online gambling, and counterfeit goods?

  The same effect it's been having.
  
  The US government already seizes any domain they want. Now they're just officially claiming they have the right to do it.