US Government Censors 70 Websites

[Antithesis]

US Government Censors 70 Websites
The US is really ramping up its war on intellectual property infringement, a war which I'm sure will be just as successful, cheap and supported by the people as the wars on drugs and terrorism. The US has started seizing the domain names of various websites through ICANN - not because owners of these sites were convicted of anything, but merely because complaints have been filed against them. Anyone want to take a guess how long it will be before the US government blocks WikiLeaks? Update: The blocks function outside of the US too. In other words, the US is forcing its views upon the rest of the world once again.
The current seizures of domains did not even use the proposed bill which recently passed the US Senate Judiciary Committee. The seizures come from the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, and cover about 70 websites relating to potential copyright infringement and counterfeit goods, among which is Torrent-Finder.com, a mere torrent search engine which does not host or even link to torrents; it displays content hosted elsewhere through embedded iframes.

"My domain has been seized without any previous complaint or notice from any court!” the owner of Torrent-Finder explained TorrentFreak, “I firstly had DNS downtime. While I was contacting GoDaddy I noticed the DNS had changed. Godaddy had no idea what was going on and until now they do not understand the situation and they say it was totally from ICANN."

This is equivalent to having your house seized for pointing out to someone you can buy weed in the college district. The craziness goes even further - ordinary search engines are really effective at finding unauthorised copyrighted content as well. You can use Google to find the latest Parenthood episode in 720p, and Bing, too, is pretty good at it. Why aren't we seeing notices for these domains as well?

Body scanners, sexual assault patdowns, censorship laws, seizure of property without even a notice (let alone a court order or conviction), even without doing or having done anything illegal. Welcome to the police state. It won't be long now until the US government - and other government will surely follow - will start blocking websites that do not fall within the government's favour. I'm sure WikiLeaks is being put on censorship lists as we speak.

And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission.
How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent.

A war is brewing. If you think body scanners, sexual assault patdowns, censorship laws, and the seizure of property without even a notice are the end, you're sadly mistaken.

It's only the beginning.

http://www.osnews.com/story/24074/US...rs_70_Websites

[Astarael]

loving the V for vendetta quote

[Pirian]

lol funny they put the V for Vendetta quote in there still one of my favorite movies

ahh fuck you person above me

[archibaldcrane]

What websites?

[Weiing]

@Arch -- this has a list of some at the bottom: http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-governme...d-more-101126/

[Faris]

waaaah we want free shit, waaah

[bynie]

ahh goddamn it, this is why rapgodfathers has been down. FU AMERICA

I'm wondering if this shit will go as far as taking down google for providing people a way to find illegal stuff.

[Ragnus]

Well, the taking down of the torrent search site has set a dangerous precedent for that already Bynie. Or at least it set up the groundwork for providing the needed precedent for something like that.

[Khajit]

Did they seriously just try to steal the internet?

[Meresgi]

If you don't submit the TERRORISTS WIN.

[Kuya]

waaaah we want free shit, waaah

Look, you live on tyranny island, your perspective is shit.

[Stumblingdrunk]

the terrorists won a long time ago

[Correction]

While I was contacting GoDaddy I noticed the DNS had changed. Godaddy had no idea what was going on and until now they do not understand the situation and they say it was totally from ICANN.

If you do business with GoDaddy you deserve to lose your shit.

[fren.]

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* gofactoryoutlet.com NOT_FOUND
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* lifetimereplicas.com 212.117.165.57
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National security.

[Meresgi]

golfwholesale18.com

More like Jihadhateamerica.com

[Faris]

stealing shit from the internet is a sin

the government knows whats best for you

[Zilong]

So, what is the shariah law punishment for stealing from internet anyway? They cut your ethernet cable?

Or is it the standard stoning?

[Faris]

too bad ur on my ignore list, Shitlong. cus i bet my dick you said something about islam

[Kuya]

lol

[Demosthenes11]

firas: answer nothing, criticize everything, islam