"Verisign seizes .com domain registered via foreign Registrar on behalf of US Authorities" (via Daring Fireball) — a gambling site based outside the US, using a .com domain registered by a non-US registrar, has had its domain seized by US authorities after prosecutors in Maryland asked Verisign, who control the top-level .com nameservers, to hand… Continue reading A dot com is an American domain

Referring to today's 24-hour Wikipedia blackout in protest against proposed US copyright regulations, a colleague at work asks: Could someone explain to me why wikipedia et al wouldn't just move hosting to a different country if they have issue with US regulations... this blackout kind of implies that US law regulates the whole internet A site… Continue reading Why the proposed US copyright regulations should worry UK citizens