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Re:A Bitcoin service suspended by state of Virginia by oleganza on Monday June 03, 2013 @01:44PM (#5814623)
"Voluntarily"? They feel the risk of their property being seized and owners brought to court.

It would be "voluntarily" if their customers did not like their affairs and they risked losing customers. And customers are never going to put a gun to your head. They just go away.

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Re:A Bitcoin service suspended by state of Virginia by pyre on Monday June 03, 2013 @02:07PM (#5814778) 

  | They feel the risk of their property being
  | seized and owners brought to court.
It sounds more like they are already at risk of this. Voluntarily suspending operation until things are sorted out, is more of a show of good faith that they are willing to play ball and sort things out.
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Re:A Bitcoin service suspended by state of Virginia by fianchetto on Monday June 03, 2013 @02:12PM (#5814808)
> Voluntarily suspending operation

Something is voluntary only if there's no threat of force behind it.

Voluntary: acting or done without compulsion or obligation.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/voluntary

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Re:A Bitcoin service suspended by state of Virginia by oleganza on Monday June 03, 2013 @02:10PM (#5814797)
This does not make situation any more "voluntary" then.
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