VeriSign, which manages the database of all .com internet addresses, wants powers to shut down « non-legitimate » domain names when asked to by law enforcement.
The company said today it wants to be able to enforce the « denial, cancellation or transfer of any registration » in any of a laundry list of scenarios where a domain is deemed to be « abusive« .
Senior ICE agents are on record saying that they believe all .com addresses fall under US jurisdiction.
It’s not yet clear how VeriSign would handle a request to suspend a .com domain that was hosting content legal in the US and Europe but illegal in, for example, Saudi Arabia or Uganda.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/11/verisign_asks_for_web_takedown_powers/