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*> Several service providers are not receptive to US Court orders. One example is Iceland’s domain registry ISNIC and indeed, at the time of writing, Sci-Hub.is is still widely available.

Why is ISNIC different?

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Because not every country/company will let the US legal system steamroll people.

They have no legal obligation to, so it's up to their discretion.

I think one of the biggest factors is that they run their own registration. A lot of the little countries outsource their registration to american companies such as verisign. ISNIC says they will only take down a domain on order of an Icelandic court.

What kind of domains have Icelandic courts requested to be taken down?

I haven't been able to find any instances of the courts requesting take-downs. But the registry has removed some ISIS domains on their own accord.

ISIS must be peeved they can't get the cute is.is URL.

I'd buy that domain and run something fun on it. No idea what but I'm sure there is a list somewhere.

But that would probably not end well for me. Or anyone associated with that domain.

Suggestion: Neopagan Egyptian-pantheon products.

(There’s also a river of that name in England, which caused some recent problems for those nearby).

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