Originally Posted by Ron Bennett

It's worse than that - domain registrars themselves, voluntarily, without a court order, can seize domains.

Just recently, eNom (includes most NameCheap customers too, since they're an eNom reseller) has apparently stepped up suspending domains based on accusations alone from a site called LegitScript - NOT court order, but mere accusation is enough to be suspended at eNom / NameCheap.

http://www.namepros.com/warnings-and...ins-based.html

And while it's easy to dismiss such suspensions as one-offs, see page 2 of that above thread and the link below - domain registrars are under pressure by the U.S. White House administration to voluntarily suspend domains for numerous reasons.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201...ng-sites.shtml

Ron