It's a shame when you lose the .us designation from your web site. But at least there is one country that will still support a site to be on the internet.
So let this be lesson for anyone else in this situation, there still is a way to stay up.
Vietnam doesn't go under the US "laws" C&P US gov’t claims right to seize any .com domain dot-com-domain-seisure
The US government says that it may legally seize any domain ending in .com, .net, and other popular top-level domains.
If your domain ends in .com, the United States government says it has the right to seize it from your control, reports Wired. The same goes for any URL that ends in .net, .cc, .tv, .name, and .org.
This troubling declaration of power comes after US authorities shutdown the online sports gambling site Bodog.com last week â€" even though the website was owned by a Canadian company, which many assumed put it outside of US jurisdiction. Not so, apparently. That’s because the only company allowed to issue new .com domains is VeriSign, which is based â€" you guessed it â€" in the US.
According to a spokesperson for the department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), anytime the US government wants to take down a .com, .net, .tv, or .name domain, all it has to do is issue a court order to VeriSign, which quickly complies. The same process applies to the Public Interest Registry, which controls the .org top-level domain.
VeriSign, for its part, argues that it is simply obeying the law.
â€VeriSign responds to lawful court orders subject to its technical capabilities,†the company said in a statement. â€When law enforcement presents us with such lawful orders impacting domain names within our registries, we respond within our technical capabilities.â€
The seizure of Bodog is an extension of a government initiative called Operation in Our Sites, which launched in June 2010, and has mainly focused on the seizure of US-based domains hocking counterfeit NFL jerseys, and other knockoff goods. As of November of last year, Operation in Our Sites had successfully seized 352 domains. And it obviously doesn’t look like they plan to stop anytime soon.
There a few reasons this brazen flaunting of power is troubling. First, it suggests that the federal government plans to impose its authority on a wider swath of the Web. Second, it shows that while the Internet is a global service, it is still at the mercy of the US government and US law. Online gambling, for instance, isn’t illegal in all countries that have Internet access. And yet Bodog was shut down simply because US citizens could access it.
Finally, the federal government’s apparent determination to assert its authority on the Web should serve as a wake up call to anyone who thinks that the temporary defeat of SOPA and PIPA marked the end of the fight for Internet freedom. It didn’t. It marked the beginning.
Update: A few readers have asked why .com is under US jurisdiction, given its worldwide use. A good question, and one I should have addressed the first time around. The short, obnoxious answer is: the US made the Internet, so it gets to make the rules.
That was interesting "otherone". I maintain that if your website is destined for a non-usa audience then get a region specific main domain name for it, and then direct any access to it via .com to the region specific domain name, e.g. Register mypetname.eu and mypetname.com, but use mainly mypetname.eu If people sign into mypetname.com just redirect them to mypetname.eu They might still shut down mypetname.com, but less likely and certainly you will be less noticed and noticeable by the USA authorities. You can also use mypetname.co.uk mypetname.net.uk mypetname.org.uk
They don't shut down the web site they just remove it from the internet when you get to the prior web page. All you get is a blank screen, no domain not found message. Go to ftaforall.us and see what shows up.
The site is normally for US, Canada and some Mexico usage.
PS The redirects function is also shut off if you go to any of the "old" site's web addresses.
Vast anti-IKS campaign in Italy with 177 individuals under investigation in 25 different provinces, as a result of a criminal complaint initiated by Nagravision, Mediaset and Sky Italia. Among the 177, 17 were in charge of the IKS servers and 160 were illegal end users. 50 police searches lead to the seizure of decoders, modems, pc’s, servers and 129 smart cards. Prosecution is on-going against all 177 individuals.