Alejandro@Oxford

Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the OII, reported on his blog how a Cayman Island bank and its Swiss parent company were trying to stop Wikileaks by asking a Californian judge to force “the registrar for wikileaks.org to change its entry in the .org registry so that people can no longer get to the corresponding IP address for Wikileaks.” Wired and The New York Times reported this story; and today the NYT followed up on one of its blogs pointing out that the host of Wikileaks was The Pirate Bay gang, I so much admire, that is why the Bank’s lawyers were aiming at the domain and not the server with the content.

However, this strategy won’t work anyway, for you can access the Wikileaks through many other ways. You can find a list with the IP and mirrors on its Wikipedia entry.

UPDATE: Robert X. Cringely looks at this story:

But the bank’s solution is so mind-bogglingly stupid, you have to wonder if these guys need help getting their pants on each morning.