Here's what appears to me to be a better explanation: https://rulingclass.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/the-background-dope-on-dhs-recent-seizure-of-domains/#comment-363 > -----Original Message----- > From: Jorge Amodio [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 1:16 PM > To: Milton L Mueller > Cc: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [NCSG-NCUC-DISCUSS] U.S. Government Seizes BitTorrent > Search Engine Domain and More > > Something like this happened before and reported by the same people ... > > http://torrentfreak.com/fansubbing-site-fakes-ice-bust-to-protest-media- > reporting-100719/ > > The article specifically said: > > "So we faked that we got taken down to show people that the media > publishes everything without knowledge and with wrong and assymetric > information, and if one day they try to catch us, people shouldn't > believe in what they will say." > > Can't say, but may be they are trying to be more noisy this time ? How > much can you trust what these guys report ? > > Regards > Jorge > > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Milton L Mueller <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> ICANN has no operational knobs it can tweak at the 2nd+ level. Verisign > >> does. > > > > Precisely. I suspect that claim in the article that ICANN was involved was > simply false. > > > >> I'd really like if some of the numerous reports citing a Court order > >> provide more information about it or a link, so far I'm still trying > >> to find a concrete reference or the actual order. > > > > But that's the disturbing thing about this case, Jorge. It appears that no > court order was ever served on toerrent-finder. > > > > > >> Both the .com (supposedly seized) and the .info (still working) are > >> registered by the same person with address in Egypt. > > > > If - as appears to be the case - this action depended on the cooperation of > the registry, it may be that VeriSign was more "cooperative" than Afilias. > >