Feds disable movie piracy websites in raids

Thu Jul 1 13:34:22 UTC 2010

* Franck Martin:

> The question is because gTLDs operations are in the USA, does it
> mean that the USA have control over all those domain names?

Most gTLD operators do business pretty much world-wide, so they aren't
exposed to just U.S. law alone.  Globalization cuts both ways.

In this particular case, the copyright infringement seems to have
targeted mainly content created in the U.S., so it's quite natural
that the U.S. authorities take a particular interest in it.

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