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> Rojadirecta can use its "large Internet presence"

Isn't its large internet presence largely rojadirecta.com ?

I wonder how this judge would feel if the US government suddenly "seized" his home address and telephone number; it's the nearest personal equivalent I can think of.




It's more like, the judge runs 1-800-FLOWERS on the side. This 800 number is seized. The "incoming links" are all the advertising and phone books and rapid dial and people's brains and everywhere else this number is stored.

Of course he could set up 1-800-FLORIST instead, but it's going to take a very long time to get back to the same level of business.


The Supreme Court already has laws on the books allowing that very thing to occur. While its unlikely to happen to this judge, it has happened. One of the more recent judgements determined that property could be seized even when it's not being converted to public property.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain


The difference is that with eminent domain you must be compensated at a fair market rate. In this case, the property is simply seized.


Not a good enough equivilent to be worth making. The US Government would have to seize his address and number, but he'd still have his house and phone, just in a different location. And in that (very odd) scenario, I suspect it wouldn't be too hard to let people know about it. After all, we've all moved house and changed our telephone numbers now and then.


I would compare this to atdhe.net. They were a fairly large site that linked to streamed sports and TV shows until their domain was seized by ICE because it was a .Net domain. But they managed to stay alive, change their domain name, and get back in business as some other website (I believe it's now atdhenet.tv).

The point is that they were still able to get back their audience after losing their primary domain name.


Sure, it's possible, but I'd still consider it a hardship. One success story doesn't demonstrate that it's easy.


I know a guy who lost one of his legs in a boating accident. After a few years he was able to run again with a prosthetic. No big deal there...




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