US. Treasury Department Shuts Down Domain Names

[aaron-qc]

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?

[basschick]

wow, that's really scary

and here's the article url:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/us...l?ref=business

[chadknowslaw]

I thought that if a webmaster operated outside the US that he never had to worry about US laws?

Oh, wait, those guys that said that were wrong~

[basschick]

most of the guys who said that also told me the DOJ would never start doing 2257 inspections either...

I thought that if a webmaster operated outside the US that he never had to worry about US laws?

Oh, wait, those guys that said that were wrong~