[codsane]

Very unfortunate that Namecheap isn’t cooperating. Not really sure what the hold up is, some say it’s related to the Namecheap vs. Tucows lawsuit [0], but realistically it wouldn’t make much sense to do something like this out of spite. I wonder if they’re worried about potential legal obligations of turning over such a “controversial” domain?

[0] https://domainnamewire.com/2018/11/08/namecheap-and-tucows-s...

[viraptor]

The alternative is that they keep serving that controversial domain instead, which likely isn't a good position either.

[ryanlol]

It can be slow and difficult to authenticate a court order.

Returning the domain to it’s previous criminal operators might not be the best idea either. Other very similar sites have faced issues with the DOJ.