Looks like Enom.com was the first registrar to transfer domains to the Commonwealth of Kentucky under the seizure order discussed here on Monday.
Enom has already complied with the Kentucky judge’s order to turn certain domain names over to that state’s Justice Department, Both HighRollersLounge.com and LuckyPyramidCasino.com now list administrative contacts at the Kentucky Justice Cabinet.
The court order explicitly states:
“The Domain Names’ configurations shall otherwise remain unchanged” and yet, now that KY is admin, they no longer resolve.
Ummm.. I’m no attorney but doesn’t that in itself put KENTUCKY in violation of its own court order?
Hmm… never mind.. .seems that the owner of those domains cannot defend against kentucky – he’s dead!
http://www.gambling911.com/gambling-news/kentucky-seizes-online-gambling-domains-dead-man-092308.html
Cartoonz
That would be the registrars fault and they would be in violation of the order.
If the order is found unconstitutional or otherwise knocked out, Kentucky would tell the registrants to sue the registrar for damages since they told them not to change the servers
Hmm, eNom could always pass the back to the Kentucky Commonwealth. Beats me who’ll turn out right.
What a leson there – do NOT register your domain names with Enom.
Great response by Cartoonz
It will be interesting to see what happens with GoldenPalace.com – these guys are huge and thier domain is still registered with Network Solutions.
Didn’t like eNOM to start with. This is the last nail in the coffin.
Enom did not fight as far as I know when the US government seized a British citizens domains who was booking Cuba hotel rooms from outside the US.
He had no ties to the US but the US government told enom to seize his domains.
What registrar has fought court orders and the like for their customers? Anybody know?
Rob
I guess we will see though this which ones caved right away (enom) and which one do not