US. Treasury Department Shuts Down Domain Names
Check out this disturbing article in today's NY Times:
It turned out, though, that Mr. Marshall’s Web sites had been put on a Treasury Department blacklist and, as a consequence, his American domain name registrar, eNom Inc., had disabled them. Mr. Marshall said eNom told him it did so after a call from the Treasury Department; the company, based in Bellevue, Wash., says it learned that the sites were on the blacklist through a blog.
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Mr. Marshall said he did not understand “how Web sites owned by a British national operating via a Spanish travel agency can be affected by U.S. law.” Worse, he said, “these days not even a judge is required for the U.S. government to censor online materials.”
Since I can't post URLs yet, Google the article title, "A Wave of the Watch List, and Speech Disappears".
I'm unsure of the implications for the adult industry, but I'll be shopping for a new registrar outside of the States. Any suggestions?
