I wrote this in 2012:
   [1]https://gun.io/blog/secure-your-domain-where-is-safe-to-register-a-d
   omain-name/
   Maybe not quite what you're after, but perhaps it could give you
   something to work with.
   R
   On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Douglas Lucas <[2]dal@riseup.net>
   wrote:

   On 10/01/2014 01:57 PM, rysiek wrote:
   > Dnia poniedziałek, 29 września 2014 09:08:48 Douglas Lucas pisze:
   >> I have a historical question. In 2007, anywhere from January to
   >> September, what TLDs were regarded as the most pirate-friendly or
   >> journalism-friendly or safest from takedowns of whatever stripe,
   e.g.
   >> the sort of DHS DMCA takedowns we have now, etc.?
   >
   > Might I enquire what could possibly the reason to ask such a
   question?
   >

     I am writing a short story. There is a scene set in 2007, roughly
     October. Two characters disagree on what TLD to get to provide
     material
     to others. One wants a .com to sell the stuff. The other wants the
     most
     non-capitalist, pro-freedom TLD possible. The difference
     characterizes
     the two individuals.
     For credibility: I attended @ClarionWest Writers Workshop in 2008,
     which
     is for writers of science fiction and fantasy. (To verify: The
     Workshop
     follows me, @DouglasLucas, on Twitter, and I wrote a series of blog
     posts about my six weeks there
     [3]http://www.douglaslucas.com/blog/tag/clarion-west-2008/ I'm
     including
     more and more cyberpunk/cypherpunk elements in my fiction. Probably
     because my life has been altered over the course of getting more
     into
     FLOSS and writing journalism pieces as part of an investigative
     partnership with WikiLeaks, as you can see here:
     [4]http://douglaslucas.com/nonfiction

References

   1. https://gun.io/blog/secure-your-domain-where-is-safe-to-register-a-domain-name/
   2. mailto:dal@riseup.net
   3. http://www.douglaslucas.com/blog/tag/clarion-west-2008/
   4. http://douglaslucas.com/nonfiction