[kingu]

The seizing of domains, so far as I can tell, is simply a redirecting of name servers. They're working with registrars to redirect nameservers to their own choice. For example, torrent-finder.info is still live, has the same information, and is at the same ip address as torrent-finder.com used to be.

If this is their manner of seizing domains, it's about as lazy as it can get, probably requires little court intervention (since it is the registrars they're working with), and overall, pretty easy to get around (just direct your DNS to a name server who has the archived IP addresses.)

All in all, they're setting the stage for a dual level internet, where you use outlaw DNS servers to access the websites the government doesn't want you to see, then flop back to regular ones before you do your banking or other legal activity.

[GlockThe Vote]

ts only fasicm when Bush did it.

[PhilosopherStone1000]

I get that. But there is nothing that I can find in any of the statutes cited in the ICE image on the redirected page that says that DHS can commandeer someones property (the domain name) without due process.

The statutes supplied talk about “trafficking in counterfeits” and “attempted transactions”, nowhere do they have authority to act pre-emptively. They can seize anything used in the transaction or attempted transaction but only after a trial.

[netmilsmom]

Wow, I really wish I knew what you were talking about.
I think I need your knowledge when the poo hits the fan.