Domain Stories: How the King of Thailand Lost His Domain

In Thailand, insulting the king and members of the royal family is punishable by the fullest extent of the law. Anyone caught doing so can face up to 15 years in prison. The country has a website where anyone can report insults to the monarch.

A few days ago on the pagesthis site The site contained strange content—a logo featuring cartoon characters. The country's authorities issued a statement about the attack on the site. In reality, it turned out that the officials responsible for the site's operation had failed to renew the domain name, which was transferred to a British insurance company, which placed its logo and content on the site's pages.

Now the Thai authorities will have to either buy the domain name from the British insurance company or register another one in the co.th domain zone.