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Originally Posted by Peaches
However, as Slavick has pointed out (and I trust Slavick on domain laws more than I do pretty much anyone else), your domains are NOT your property in many states.
California is one where they are. Ergo that's where sex.com was referenced as property. Slavick mentioned in Virginia, they are not. On another board, in another post, KK mentioned AOL winning an award against a company and was considering taking their domains in lieu of settlement payment. The company paid.
ALSO on another board, it was shown where Shaw Cable, out of Canada, got Tucows to shut down one of Brad Shaw's domains. No CP - just that they were involved in a trademark/copyright infridgment case. Brad won - the site was taken down BEFORE any judges made a ruling.
Everything is case by case.
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No site should be taken down before there is a legal ruling. A civilian with a registration company is not a legal expert. Even if they were, it is certainly not clear that they have the right to lock up someone's shop because they don't like the product. It is not about cp folks, it is about how it is dealt with. The CP is a red freeking herring.
We fall prey to the same bullshit that the public does. Whenever you mention porn, they think CP.
So a company decides to flex its muscles (DN) what do they choose to set the precedent? CP.
Isn't it very obvious?