As I understand it, moving to an out of country ISP changes the rules. Someone told me that another site like FR moved to a Panamanian ISP and are now protected from government interference etc. Apparently it wouldn’t do anything about past problems but would avert any more. I don’t know exactly how it works but there is some protection.
Excactly, FR is one of the sites being sued by this group for past violations. Moving the site offshore now will not protect Jim and other sites like Free Republic from this lawsuit.
Wrong, the main server is in Virginia so a federal judge can order Verisign to block your domain
“Someone told me that another site like FR moved to a Panamanian ISP and are now protected from government interference etc.”
That would be Free Dominion — www.freedominion.com.pa — a Canadian website inspired by Free Republic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Dominion
“Free Dominion is a Canadian conservative website. It was inspired by Free Republic in the United States, and some members contribute to both sites.”
“In early 2008, the website was sold to Liberty News Service in Panama.”
If I’ve heard correctly, Canada doesn’t have free speech like we do; it’s much more regulated. This may explain why they felt it was necessary to move out of the country.