Pirate Bay domain suspended thanks to controversial verification system
Found on The Register on Monday, 07 December 2015
Broadly, the companies that sell domains to users – called registrars – are now required to send a verification email to the domain name holders every time a new domain is registered or the domain details are modified.
In theory, the validation process is extremely easy: you receive an email from your registrar and simply have to click on a link to verify that the domain's registration information is true and accurate. Then you are done.
The suspension is under ICANN's control and there is little or nothing that your registrar can do about it. The problem of course is the system relies on people receiving and responding to an email.
For years and years people are warned not to click on random links they receive via email, and ICANN wants to rely on just that. Why bother at all? As long as a domain is being paid for, someone obviuosly has an interest in it; and for "fighting terrorists" it should be simple for the feds to track the money. On the other hand, IP lawyers don't have access to that.