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		mbowcock on Feb 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Verisign seizes .com domain registered via foreign... The US government has always had dominion over .coms (and .nets). Verisign manages .com's through a contract with the US Department of Commerce. That's where they get there authority.

regularfry on Feb 29, 2012 [–]

Yes, but they've only recently bothered or got the gumption to enforce it.

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