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they are not doing it at the Registrar level(by contacting the registrar for the domain and forcing them to update the authoritative name server info to point to NS1.SEIZEDSERVERS.COM, NS2.SEIZEDSERVERS.COM), but rather through the agency who controls the top level domain. In this case, all the “seized domains” appear to be .com and the agency/company who has the ICANN contract for this TLD is VeriSign(which also controls .net TLD).

More details can be found here: http://rulingclass.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/the-background-d...

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Isn't this why the ICANN contract for a TLD should not belong to an American corporation? Logically, it should go a company in Switzerland, who have traditionally handled such things, and continue to be perceived as low in corruption [1] and high in democracy [2], with strong property rights [3]. They tend to be neutral in wars, and are not part of the EU (which is probably a bad idea for an independent TLD.)

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index [3]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Property_Rights_I...

Why not just register a .ch domain then?

Registrant: Seized Domains ATTN SEIZEDSERVERS.COM care of Network Solutions PO Box 459 Drums, PA. US 18222

   Domain Name: SEIZEDSERVERS.COM

   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
      Solutions, IT                
      ATTN SEIZEDSERVERS.COM
      care of Network Solutions
      PO Box 459
      Drums, PA 18222
      US
      570-708-8780
      
   Record expires on 24-Nov-2011.
   Record created on 24-Nov-2010.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   NS1.SEIZEDSERVERS.COM        74.81.170.109
   NS2.SEIZEDSERVERS.COM        74.81.170.108

Thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for.

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