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		shareme on March 6, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uncle Sam: If It Ends in .Com, It’s .Seizable What people fail to realize is that US DOJ paved the way for other countries who do not want free internet to do what the DOJ does..ie India can demand that any *.in domain has to follow Indian law and take down any posts that disparage its leaders, etc.. Its really a very bad long term move on DOJ's part and especially undercuts the US State department efforts

anamax on March 6, 2012 [–]

> ie India can demand that any .in domain has to follow Indian law and take down any posts that disparage its leaders, etc..

Why is it unreasonable for a .in domain to follow Indian law? Isn't that the whole point of country-specific domains?

YooLi on March 7, 2012 | [–]

Who decided that .com is for everyone? (serious question)

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