When ICE identifies a site that is violating copyright and/or intellectual property laws, it obtains a warrant from a United States court granting it the authority to seize the URL. At that point, ICE takes down the streams and throws up an intimidating warning that is overlaid on a red background with the word “SEIZED” written over and over. Case closed.
But it’s not that simple. URLs are obtained though registries, such as Go Daddy or Register.com. When ICE wants to seize a domain, it must do so through the registries: It serves the registry, not the site owner, with a warrant.
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Field of Streams, Part 3
Posted by: David Vranicar August 4, 2011 05:00 AMWhen ICE identifies a site that is violating copyright and/or intellectual property laws, it obtains a warrant from a United States court granting it the authority to seize the URL. At that point, ICE takes down the streams and throws up an intimidating warning that is overlaid on a red background with the word “SEIZED” written over and over. Case closed.
But it’s not that simple. URLs are obtained though registries, such as Go Daddy or Register.com. When ICE wants to seize a domain, it must do so through the registries: It serves the registry, not the site owner, with a warrant.