Forgot to pay the electric bill.
Still down, Darn! /s
Most likely gummed up with Cootie poop!
I can’t even count how many times FR has been taken down!
DUmmies Down Ping
That’s not cool. Sorry but FR has been attacked to often for me to laugh when it happens to someone else. Even DUmmies.
No hacker would bother.
I bet it's just a tech problem.
It’s not my fault!
Damn. And I’m taking my SATs today and I was hoping to use them as my shout-out.
Doesn’t look as if there was a problem yesterday but who knows could be a DDOS attack. I love the little app for firefox resurrect this web page!
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://democraticunderground.com/&hl=en&strip=1
this is just a shot of what it looked like yesterday.
I say this with much admiration...Anonymous is the “Boondock
Saints” of the internet..taking down evil one step at a time.
Is the Democratic Underground still down?
Have you heard from anyone why it is down?
Thanks
For what its worth, I couldn’t get there either. (not that anyone should really want that sort of thing to happen anyhow)
I changed my DNS numbers to 4.2.2.1 and it popped up.
So apparently DNS servers aren’t updating properly for DU
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=8e56e88e-78dd-4754-af17-53d3661f8162
By Jeff Neuburger
Righthaven v. Democratic Underground – The Copyright Troll Defense
Righthaven v. Democratic Underground is one of the cases in which the EFF has become involved. The defendants are an online political forum and its operator, David Allen. Righthaven seeks to hold them responsible for the posting of an article by a third party user of the forum. In addition to raising fair use and implied license, the EFF’s answer and counterclaim filed in the case challenge every aspect of Righthaven’s litigation campaign, describing is as “a particularly abusive instance of a broad and aggressive strategy” by a “sham” plaintiff.
The EFF has focused on Righthaven’s status as an assignee of the rights that it asserts, alleging that it has filed multiple lawsuits, that it is in the business of enforcing copyright rights, and that it does not otherwise exploit the assigned rights. As to Stephens Media, the original copyright owner, the answer and counterclaim details at length various aspects of its online presence, including the fact that, according to the EFF, Stephens Media has not properly filed a proper designation of agent to receive notices of infringement under the DMCA. The legal relevance of these and other assertions going to the conduct of Righthaven and Stevens is left unstated.
The EFF has also raised the implied license defense noted by Judge Navarro in the Klerks case, asserting that the Law Vegas Review-Journal makes its news articles available for copying and downloading “at least 19 different ways,” including bookmarking them on social media sites, e-mailing them, and printing physical copies.
Second Source:
http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=03b5f699-d271-46e4-91a9-9c542bffcbe7
You can read about it yourself if you like. You can bypass the DNS problem and hit their homepage directly by using the IP address, like this:
http://216.158.28.197/
Then navigate down a bit, and you'll see a link where their admin guy explains it.
I'm kind of embarassed to admit I spent time tracking this down. I guess I love a good puzzle more than I detest those yahoos at du.