The problem is how do you convince the whole world to go against ICANN regulation and support .bit namecoin? My guess is it's almost impossible. So namecoin will remain an obscure experiment similar to OpenNIC
icann just announced that you will soon be able to register any top level domains. no longer any need to "mine" .bit
http://www.icann.org/Isn't the whole point of namecoin that your ownership/control of the domain is cryptographically secure - as secure as the blockchain.
Therefore nobody can "steal" or "confiscate" your domain?