The interesting thing is that this injunction was entered into by stipulation. The registrar (Dynadot) apparently decided that it was easier to agree to permanently disable the domain (and prevent it from being transferred to another registrar) than to defend the suit. In fact, Dynadot rolled over before anyone at Wikileaks had been identified or served with notice.

This result is unsurprising, given that Dynadot currently charges $8.99 per year for .org domains. The cost of defending a suit would far exceed what it could ever make off this one contract. The problem, however, is that if registrars cave so easily it encourages plaintiffs to bring frivolous suits against them. Why bother suing the operator of a site directly, when the registrar will disable the domain just to avoid trouble?

In case anyone is interested, a copy of the order granting the injunction was posted here:
https://s.p10.hostingprod.com/@spyblog.org.uk/ssl/wikileak/2008/02/california_district_court_injunction_against_dynadot_the_wikileaksorg_domain_reg.html