This whole directnic locking down a domain thing

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Originally Posted by Windy City

It just seems like a bad road to go down if registrars start taking the law into their own hands. While CP is a major issue, it's an issue that should be dealt with by the authorities. .

I dont believe they (while I dont support the idea/law) did anything different than what is being discussed in the new bill before congress - they may have jumped a little, but I would think that they are just covering their ass in advance:

Heres the people the new law applies to :

the term `online service' includes any--

`(i) Internet content hosting service;

`(ii) domain name registration service;

`(iii) Internet search service;

`(iv) Internet social networking site, chat room, message board, or any other similar service using the Internet;

`(v) Internet service that provides e-mail, instant messaging, or any other similar service using the Internet;

`(vi) electronic communication service;

`(vii) Internet service provider (including any wireless carrier that provides Internet access);

`(viii) Internet image or video sharing service; and

`(ix) remote computing service; and

`(E) the term `remote computing service' has the meaning given that term in section 2711


This is all from the new S.4089 which amends Chapter 110 of title 18 sect 2257 and others - it makes it a crime for these providers to have the stuff and not report it (of course the keyword being "knowingly") but if theyve had it reported to them then I guess they "know"

The other important part of this is that it applies to "2252B. Misleading domain names on the Internet" - the new law that was enacted last year - so registrars would already have been "knowingly" breaking that law