Not at that time. That came after the us government pushed the swedish government to do something and they in turn “strongly hinted” to the swedish judiciary system that they better do something.

And finally the sentencing judge socialised professionally with pro-copyright lobbyists.

Interestingly that is why I chose them like 5 years ago as I figured that is a plus as far as privacy is concerned. Having 1337 show up when performing a domain owner lookup instead of my name seem like a good thing and if I need it to be registered to me it’s easy enough to transfer.

I love the service though and brokep being involved makes them worth considering for anyone into privacy.