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droithomme on Nov 25, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Feds Seize 130+ Domain Names in Mass Crackdown

I'm not a fan of domain name seizures, but, looking at the list of 131 domain names they have there, these ones probably aren't going to be missed.

glimcat on Nov 25, 2011 [–]

I think that's what they call "establishing precedent."

droithomme on Nov 26, 2011 | [–]

Yep, that's why it's so clever. Make the first cases either against someone everyone hates, on that no one cares about. Child abusers in the first case, counterfeit handbag salesmen in the second.

Precedent established, then the net widens.

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