US Gov't Seizes 130+ More Domains In Crackdown 219
An anonymous reader writes "The DoJ and ICE have once again taken up the banner of anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting by seizing over 130 domains allegedly involved in those activities. TorrentFreak points out that this newest digital raid happened just before 'Cyber Monday,' a time when consumers are encouraged to do a bunch of online shopping. From the article: 'Compared to previous seizure rounds, there are also some notable differences to report. This time the action appears to be limited to sites that directly charge visitors for their services. Most of the domains are linked to the selling of counterfeit clothing (e.g. 17nflshop.com), and at least one (autocd.com) sold pirated auto software. Last year several sites were taken down because they allowed their users to access free music and movie downloads, and these were followed by several streaming services a few months later. No similar sites have been reported in the current round.'"
Pointless (Score:5, Interesting)
It is time to admit that the age of copyrights is over, and the longer we wait in developing a new method of monetizing creative works, the harder it will become.
Re:Difference between US and China (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Cannot wait till this fascist scumbag is out of (Score:2, Interesting)
Replace him with the GOP candidate who is even more Fascist and won't wimp out and cave in to Fascism but will openly promote those ideals (minus the negative terminology.)
They don't say trickle down anymore, its "job creators" and even the racists (with a bit of a brain) have migrated towards cultural and socioeconomic variations on social Darwinism to feed their dysfunctional emotional needs. Hell, classic racists like David Duke have a lawyer have a public relations man to look good... just your "friendly liberal KKK"... (that is an old song reference.)
The public can't handle rank voting or more than two rigged parties; those of us outside the 1 dimensional idiotic political spectrum have been upset longer than those of you who are finally being left behind as the whole thing shifts further towards despotism. If you only woke up sooner and in greater numbers... it wouldn't be too late.
Bye, Bye (Score:2, Interesting)
"the US is forcing their laws on everyone else"? Seems that these sites are breaking laws agreed on internationally. It's not like copyright is a "only in the USA" thing. Most slashdotters seem to want the US to make a "great firewall of the USA" - and then they'd mock the US for having a "great firewall" and say that everybody will route around it anyway. As I've said for a long time: the internet, by its nature, is international which means that either copyright is enforced everywhere or copyright is nullified everywhere. I know many slashdotters prefer the latter, but at least recognize the inherent tension between these two options. When the piratebay can disregard copyright with total impunity, it means that everyone on the internet can disregard copyright with impunity.
"They should have the right to a trial"? Okay, but I'd like to see how well that works when people are in a different country. How long did it take before Roman Polanski was brought to justice again? Even worse, they're probably using registration-anonymizing services and it might be very well impossible to find out who these people really are. Let's say your site is breaking IP laws. You live off in Latvia or China or something. Here's your options: (a) ignore the US summons to appear in court and since you haven't had a trial your site stays up, or (b) book a ticket to the US, identify yourself to US authorities, have a trial. Who in their right mind is going to pick option "b"? Besides, it's not like the US is throwing them in prison or killing them.