Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="CCAdmin, post: 929759, member: 1"] Actually, as has been demonstrated very recently in the Bodog case - it is possible to get a domain name confiscated with a little effort. If these sites have used US registrars (which some of them have, stupidly!) - the US registrars will simply hand over the domain names rather than be faced with a lawsuit. This is similar to what happened with Bodog - Bodog used Godaddy who are well known for confiscating domain names once a court (disclaimer: I'm not a guru at US law) has ordered them to do so. P.S. Stars/FT use UK registrars which are likely owned by themselves... this is definitely a smart move but this doesn't leave them 100% protected as ICANN oversees all .com domain names and *could* confiscate them (I'm unsure as to whether this has happened in the past, I was somewhat under the impression that ICANN don't quite bend over like some of the registrars do) [/QUOTE]