[ NNSquad ] City Of London Police Cannot Seize Domains Just Because Hollywood Says The Websites Are Infringers

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

City Of London Police Cannot Seize Domains Just Because Hollywood Says
The Websites Are Infringers

http://j.mp/1m0bWKd  (TechDirt)

   "The owners of at least one of the frozen domains sought to then
    (smartly) move the domain to EasyDNS, who would actually protect them.
    EasyDNS went to Verisign with a "request for enforcement" against the
    registrar who froze the whois, the incredibly misnamed "Public Domain
    Registry." For reasons that make no sense at all, Verisign responded
    with a "no decision."  EasyDNS appealed that ruling, and finally after
    all of that, the National Arbitration Forum has pointed out exactly
    what EasyDNS said from the very beginning: Public Domain Registry
    cannot freeze the domain ..."

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