Global domain name system in crosshairs as US seizes Canadian website

Last week authorities seized sports betting domain name Bodog.com. The company was actually registered in Canada, but US authorities worked through VeriSign to get the job done. VeriSign is based in the United States and has the exclusive contract to manage several high profile top-level domain services. This decision might provide precedent for US authorities to seize the websites of rules violators regardless of where they are in the world. That is, of course, if they are using a domain registered with VeriSign or a similar United States group. Continue reading