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Douglas Lucas

29 Sep 2014 29 Sep '14

2:08 p.m.

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.?

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rysiek

1 Oct 1 Oct

6:57 p.m.

Dnia poniedziałek, 29 września 2014 09:08:48 Douglas Lucas pisze:

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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? -- Pozdr rysiek

Douglas Lucas

10:54 p.m.

On 10/01/2014 01:57 PM, rysiek wrote:

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Dnia poniedziałek, 29 września 2014 09:08:48 Douglas Lucas pisze:

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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 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: http://douglaslucas.com/nonfiction

Rich Jones

2 Oct 2 Oct

12:18 a.m.

I wrote this in 2012: https://gun.io/blog/secure-your-domain-where-is-safe-to-register-a-domain-na... 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 wrote:

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On 10/01/2014 01:57 PM, rysiek wrote:

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Dnia poniedziałek, 29 września 2014 09:08:48 Douglas Lucas pisze:

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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 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: http://douglaslucas.com/nonfiction

Juan

6:10 a.m.

On Wed, 1 Oct 2014 17:18:10 -0700 Rich Jones wrote:

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I wrote this in 2012: https://gun.io/blog/secure-your-domain-where-is-safe-to-register-a-domain-na...

sweden? they are puppets of the americunt nazis

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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 wrote:

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On 10/01/2014 01:57 PM, rysiek wrote:

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Dnia poniedziałek, 29 września 2014 09:08:48 Douglas Lucas pisze:

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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 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: http://douglaslucas.com/nonfiction

grarpamp

6:54 a.m.

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Rich Jones wrote:

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I wrote this in 2012: https://gun.io/blog/secure-your-domain-where-is-safe-to-register-a-domain-na...

Maybe not quite what you're after, but perhaps it could give you something to work with.

Don't forget some of the warez and other scenesters favorites like .cc, .to, .ws, etc. And dyn dns and nntp services too. And similar to following piratebay, there are places like parazite, erowid, anarchy and other type sites that have had variously stable homes and stories for over a decade. The next decade will probably be all about .onion, .i2p and similar things, paid for where needed with bitcoin.

rysiek

11:06 a.m.

Dnia środa, 1 października 2014 17:54:26 Douglas Lucas pisze:

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On 10/01/2014 01:57 PM, rysiek wrote:

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Dnia poniedziałek, 29 września 2014 09:08:48 Douglas Lucas pisze:

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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.

Cool! Thanks, would love to read your story! :) But maybe, as garpgarp pointed out already, the more freedom-loving individual could remark on how any domain is a liability and they should at least have an alternative in the form of an .onion address. Just a thought. -- Pozdr rysiek

coderman

7:29 p.m.

On 9/29/14, Douglas Lucas wrote:

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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.?

.onion still true, too. best regards,

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