(Under "Controversies".)

> In March 2012, the U.S. government declared that it has the right to seize domains ending in .com, .net, .cc, .tv, .name, and .org if the companies administering the domains are based in the U.S. The U.S. government can seize the domains ending in .com, .net, .cc, .tv, and .name by serving a court-order on Verisign, which manages those domains.

BobbyTables2 a day ago | parent | next [-]

Perhaps for violations of _federal_ law…

However, applying this for violations of _state_ law seems odd.

Where does it end?

What if a law enacted by a single US city’s city council is violated? Would US as a country seize the domain?

	▲	mapontosevenths a day ago \| parent [-]
		I'm gonna get a few people together and all run for city council so we can seize profitable domain names for ourselves. "Sorry Meta, but BFE, Nebraska outlawed Farmville and now some guy named Bob owns facebook.com."

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what a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Texas isn’t the US government?

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randbyte a day ago | parent | next [-]

When people say “US government” they usually mean the federal government…

	▲	what a day ago \| parent [-]
		That was my point?

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8note a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

is verisign a texas company? id assume delaware, and so delaware, and the federal government have jurisdiction, not texas

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TylerE a day ago | parent | prev [-]

No more than the government of France is the EU government.

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monksy a day ago | parent [-]

It's more like the government of Hungry or Bulgaria in the EU analogy.

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inigyou a day ago | parent [-]

Texas isn't like a small corrupt country. It's like a big corrupt important country, like Germany. If it was small and corrupt it would be ignorable.

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monksy a day ago | parent [-]

They're a small corrupt country.

The only thing slightly redeem about about them economic wise is their gas reserves. The way they run their state is very similar to a corrupt nation as well. They still want to break away from the US.

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inigyou 19 hours ago | parent [-]

So like Russia.

	▲	monksy 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, but Russia has the ability to operate independently. Texas pretends that they can, throws a fit when they have to support others who support them, and whines when they aren't supported.