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Homeland Security seizes domain names
The Hill ^ | 11/26/2010 | Sara Jerome

Posted on 11/27/2010 7:15:22 AM PST by GreaterSwiss

The investigative arm of the Homeland Security Department appears to be shutting down websites that facilitate copyright infringement.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized dozens of domain names over the past few days, according to TorrentFreak.

ICE appears to be targeting sites that help Internet users download copyrighted music, as well as sites that sell bootleg goods, such as fake designer handbags.

The sites are replaced with a note from the government: "This domain named has been seized by ICE, Homeland Security Investigations."

For instance, 2009jersey.com, 51607.com, and amoyhy.com have each been seized.

One of the site owners told TorrentFreak that his site was shut down without any notice or warning.

The effort come as Congress considers the Combatting Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA). Critics, including Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) say it is too heavy-handed. He has vowed to put a formal hold on the bill.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: domainnames; fascism; homelandsecurity; ice; internet; netneutrality; obama; palin; websites
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To: GreaterSwiss

And yet WikiLeaks.com is still registered... in San Francisco of all places.


141 posted on 11/27/2010 1:20:13 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Cementjungle

Wikileaaks serves the purposes of the regime they will eventually crack down on it and use it as a pretext. The regime is all about pretext to hide their real motivation which is to shut down opposing opinions and opposition.


142 posted on 11/27/2010 1:26:21 PM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: dajeeps

Due process is in the 14th amendment but that is ok because you know there is a constitutional issue. I give you an A-. This is the greatest unconstitutional act I have ever seen in any Government agency. This is NOT Homeland Security!! This is GESTAPO driven by campaign contributions. You can’t make up a reason “Home Land Security”would be involved as Judge and Jury on this issue. We have Courts for this stuff. This follows on the heals of unreasonable search of your crotch area by another bunch of goons at HLS— the TSA. You will not believe the wrath of the Supreme court on this crap. You will see a merging of conservatives and liberals on the Court to wipe put this dark page from our history. DUE PROCESS DAMMIT!


143 posted on 11/27/2010 1:43:17 PM PST by Benchim
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To: Cacique
the real reason they pass all these laws are their BAD INTENTIONS..

Greed and lust for power are often their intentions...

144 posted on 11/27/2010 1:51:11 PM PST by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: Cacique

“Since the great majority of copyrights are owned by the upper oligarchy it is only a matter of time before they buy out any remaining copyrights down the food chain and pass laws to make copyrights property in perpetuity to heirs and descendants.”

I don’t know and I don’t care who owns most copyrights, the fact is they ain’t got no right to a life time + 70 years monopoly. The propose of congress having the power to allow copyrights for a LIMITED peroid of time is to promote the progress of since and technology.

Not to stifle it by either securing to a few permanent rights to milk their creation not only throughout their own life but their children’s and probably grand-children’s life as well..

There has to be some incentive for theses folks and their children to get back to work inventing, and creating MORE things. Do they wish to corrupt and stifle their children’s creative need?

I’m not a fan of taxing inheritance but technology is not property, property is is physical objects. Property has mass. and while property can be reproduced, its reproduction can be sold and once sold it is no longer your property.

The securing to a person a monopoly right to the reproduction and sale of any property is an unnatural phenomenon that must be as limited in it’s duration as it is necessary to incentive the creation of new Technology.

In my mind the life time of the inverter or 30 years is the absolute limit! If you can’t make a good profit off your creation in that time you never will.

I am also open to the possibility of doing it on a dollar value basis, you got exclusive right until you get x amount of dollars in sales.


145 posted on 11/27/2010 2:02:53 PM PST by Monorprise
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To: yldstrk
“progressivism”
146 posted on 11/27/2010 2:04:24 PM PST by exnavy (May the Lord grant our troops protection and endurance.)
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To: netmilsmom
I'm with you on this one - your family was part of a very early trend... feel free to think 'tren-setters'... Hats off to your Dad.

A new problem I'm starting to see with groups like itunes is they hype the liberal - like podcasts. I don't think Apple or itunes 'gets' the fact that half the people in the country (possible customers for them) are conservatives... It's sad.

147 posted on 11/27/2010 2:07:14 PM PST by GOPJ ('Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power." Martin Buber /a Tea-nami's coming..)
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To: Quickgun
AND START USING CAPS LOCK!!

AND BOLD!!

148 posted on 11/27/2010 2:10:53 PM PST by Mojave (Ignorant and stoned - Obama's natural constituency.)
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To: DoctorBulldog

This should be placed on whitehouse.gov website.

149 posted on 11/27/2010 2:12:16 PM PST by chemicalman (The Obama's: Proud members of the Vacation-A-Month Club.)
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To: Disambiguator
TV is a cancer. You'll feel better for having given it up. That includes local broadcast, by the way. Watch an occasional movie, and read more books (and Mark Steyn articles). You'll be better, stronger, faster, and smarter. (Cue up $6M Man theme song)

You're right! I might watch 3 hours a week - which isn't enough to justify having cable... You're also right about Steyn - he's great. Offer a prayer for him - some medical problem has made him quit writing for a while. I try to remember him when I pray... he's a good man.

150 posted on 11/27/2010 2:34:45 PM PST by GOPJ ('Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power." Martin Buber /a Tea-nami's coming..)
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To: GOPJ

Youbetcha! Netmilsdad rocks for setting up a huge tower under the tv.

(My girls take Latin and Creative Writing through a Dimdim class as well. On the plasma!)

We will never go back to 60.00 a month for garbage.


151 posted on 11/27/2010 3:09:17 PM PST by netmilsmom (Happiness is a choice.)
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To: Cacique

http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-seizes-bittorrent-search-engine-domain-and-more-101126/

Have a look at this. It’s shocking what people outside the U.S. are saying about this - and about Americans. Many are wondering when or if the American people will take their country back.


152 posted on 11/27/2010 3:30:07 PM PST by Natural Born 54 (FUBO x 10)
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To: DoctorBulldog

More Torrent sites seized by Our Dark Overlord:

filespump.com
movies-links.tv
planetmoviez.com
thepiratecity.org
tvshack.net
zml.com

cheers


153 posted on 11/27/2010 3:48:13 PM PST by DoctorBulldog (Here, intolerance... will not be tolerated! - (South Park))
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To: Bon mots

Let’s see if they shut down shiaweb.org...


154 posted on 11/27/2010 4:45:02 PM PST by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: Benchim

From the text of the 5th Amendment:

:...nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;...”

The 14th amendment takes a couple of existing clauses, puts them together and applies them to states. Up until the time it was added it had been ruled that the Bill of Rights didn’t apply to states, and this amendment ensured that equal protection and due process would apply.

The 5th amendment has always been a limitation on the Federal government, and DHS is purely Federal.


155 posted on 11/27/2010 5:21:34 PM PST by dajeeps
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

Nachumlist is still up.... so far

The list, ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/


156 posted on 11/27/2010 6:48:02 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

FR is still up.... so far (and Nachumlist)

The list, ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/


157 posted on 11/27/2010 6:48:36 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: DoctorBulldog

They might as well shut down Youtube as that has probably as much or more copyrighted content as anything.

Seriously the Federal copyright laws are insane, life +70 years.


158 posted on 11/27/2010 6:56:00 PM PST by Monorprise
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To: GreaterSwiss

Ping!


159 posted on 11/27/2010 7:25:04 PM PST by yorkie (The images from God's Paintbrusth cannot be captured by camera. (Go take it in, before it is gone!))
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To: Cacique

That is why we need to rid the Communist out of the Government!!!


160 posted on 11/27/2010 7:41:09 PM PST by tallyhoe
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