On Tue, 28 Jul 2026, Tom Beecher wrote:
Now, if this Texas action sticks as precedent, any **alleged** violation of ANY US law ( federal / state / local / territorial) allows a court to issue an order to take your domain down if it's from a US registry. Which of course opens the door to non-US registries doing the same things (if they aren't already), and everything just gets more fragmented and stupid.
I applaud all the legal professionals who fight to prevent this stupidity. Truly underappreciated.
Once again, this takedown was a screwup due to the target not responding to the suit and the court accepting all the assertions in the complaint, because that's what courts do when a defendant doesn't reply. It's not a precedent in any meaningful sense other than "don't do that." R's, John