Indymedia Servers Raided by FBI [drive removed, some site(s) up]

slashdot ^ | Oct 7, 2004 | jaromil

[blogbat]

Holy cow!

Thanks for the links. Beware this election my friends.

[piasa]

Thanks for all those links wrbones. From Kansas City E-Zine or some such thing- never heard of EFF :

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is currently assisting Indymedia investigate possible responses to the seizure of their information. Over 20 Indymedia-related websites, along with Indymedia's online radio, were hosted on the servers, which were dedicated machines provided by Rackspace.

"This seizure has grave implications for free speech and privacy. The Constitution does not permit the government to unilaterally cut off the speech of an independent media outlet, especially without providing a reason or even allowing Indymedia the information necessary to contest the seizure," said EFF staff attorney Kurt Opsahl.

Rackspace contends that a court order prevent then from providing a copy of the subpoena, confirming which court issued the order, or the government agency who served the subpoena.

[Fedora]

Thanks for the updates. Seems like I came across an EFF-related site once when I was looking for some email privacy tips. They had some information which was useful if you wanted personal privacy but could easily be misused if you were, say, a terrorist, for example.

[piasa]

The loons are really getting themselves worked up:

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=04/10/12/8399513

[Mike Fieschko]

Thanks for the link. Haven't read the Voice in, oh, 20+ years.

You want to post it, or should I?