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mbowcock
on Feb 29, 2012
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Verisign seizes .com domain registered via foreign...
The US government has always had dominion over .coms (and .nets). Verisign manages .com's through a contract with the US Department of Commerce. That's where they get there authority.
regularfry
on Feb 29, 2012
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Yes, but they've only recently bothered or got the gumption to enforce it.
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