After Seizing & Censoring Rojadirecta For 18 Months, Feds Give Up & Drop Case

Found on Techdirt on Wednesday, 29 August 2012
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You may recall the Rojadirecta case, where two domains have been held by the US government on a highly questionable legal theory for over a year and a half -- well, the government just dropped the case, and it appears that the domains will be returned.

What's unfortunate, of course, is that the government might now get away with this blatant censorship and disregard for basic due process, without a court ruling showing that it was an illegal move by the feds. In other words: without punishment, the feds may feel free to do this again.

Of course the government won't also pay any compensation for stealing their domains for so long.