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nah just seize the domain

While Maryland has been happy to use eminent domain to seize things for far more dubious reasons, like during the Baltimore Colts saga, those things typically have at least been in Maryland

Where exactly "is" a domain name?

> Where exactly "is" a domain name?

In a database, which, for dot-org, would be owned by Public Interest Registry, which is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, US:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Interest_Registry

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.org

Though the technical side of things is run by Afilias / Identity Digital, located in Bellevue, WA:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afilias

The D root server seems to be in Maryland, perhaps they could sort that one out.

https://www.iana.org/domains/root/servers University of Maryland

Maybe the H server too.

No. Absolutely not.

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