[governance] A Wave of the Watch List, and Speech Disappears

[Milton L Mueller]

No offense, but I would advise you all not to rely on McTim for legal
advice. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: McTim [mailto:dogwallah at gmail.com]
> In this case, the registrar took action, not the registry, so it
> remains to be seen if a non-US .com registrar (and non-US registrant)
> would take the same action. Probably not. 

The action was not taken by the registrar, the registrar complied with a
legal order. 

.com is located in Virginia. 

> Then the question (that I
> think you are raising) is would VRSN remove the records from the .com
> zone in such a case.
> 
> I would  hope not.
> 

It is not up to VeriSign. It is up to the courts. 
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