Website takedown powers, with NO court order!
I guess this works under industry discussions since it may affect a large number of OC's and portal webmasters. I touched base on this issue some time ago when the DOJ was seizing websites, now it looks as though the process might get easier. 
"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".
VeriSign should be able to shut down a .com or .net domain, and therefore its associated website and email, "to comply with any applicable court orders, laws, government rules or requirements, requests of law enforcement or other governmental or quasi-governmental agency, or any dispute resolution process", according to a document it filed today with domain name industry overseer ICANN."
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/23...rder-necessary
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