The U.S. Magistrate Judge Honorable Susan K. Gauvey, working with ICE has seized a foreign Internet domain. This has happened before, as many as 6 or 7 HUNDERED times! These seizures COULD be seen as declarations of war by seizing foreign property. This recent seizure was for the domain name bodog.com , a gambling site based in Canada. So far as I know, the US did not attempt to pursue the matter in Canadian courts.
“ICE only goes after websites whose Top-level domain is located within the U.S., such as .com or .net. This makes sense for more than just jurisdiction - .com and .net are established and often more trusted Top-level domains, and the risk of consumers confusing the counterfeit site with a legitimate storefront would probably be higher.” according to Erik Barnett from ICE. Actually, ICE is using Top-level domain REGISTRARS to close sites. The registrar is located in the U.S.
What about the on-going legitimate businesses? For quite some time the gaming company behind bodog has mainly relied on bodog.eu, and more recently has been offering a different domain called Bovada.lv for US-based players. So it looks like although ICE still pushes it’s weight around, they are a day late, and we a few dollars short.
Additional details and source of my plagiarisms can be found at:
http://www.creeksidecommunications.com/web-development/domain-registration-a-new-perspective/
http://www.gamblingnetwork.com/forums/general-poker-forum/15667-breaking-poker-news-bodog-domain-seized-us-authorities.html
http://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=ice
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