US Grabs More Domain Names, $1.4M From Online Counterfeit Operations 69
coondoggie writes "According to court documents, investigation by federal law enforcement agents revealed that subjects whose domain names had been seized in a November 2010 operation continued to sell counterfeit goods using new domain names. In particular, the individuals, based in China, sold counterfeit professional and collegiate sports apparel, primarily counterfeit sports jerseys." So now the government has again taken over a swathe of domain names used in crime.
Re:Not Right (Score:4, Informative)
I don't believe that this is right of the American government to do. The Internet is not sole U.S. property and there are no court proceedings to justify it.
Then don't put it on a TLD that is within U.S. jurisdiction. You'll notice that thepiratebay.org now redirects to thepiratebay.se for this reason.
And if the U.S. asks a country to take down a ccTLD/server/whatever and the country complies, who should you be bitching at? The U.S. or your own government that is complying with another country's demands?
Re:Problem? (Score:5, Informative)
Was the crime committed on U.S. soil or within U.S. jurisdiction?
Yes. That's where they're selling the stuff.