Re: DHS seizing domains for copyright infringement

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Congress is debating a new bill (COICA)& that debate continues. Customs has 
done this before under current law, even before current administration. To 
me this is no different than when they raid a flea market for sellers of 
counterfeit watches...What's been missing from current discussion is that 
complaints (for some time) were filed by many groups (manufacturers & 
copyright holders) to stop the infringements & this is normal law 
enforcement.
jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Booth Martin" <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] DHS seizing domains for copyright infringement


> Is this timing a coincidence?
>
> Or have these actions happened so soon after Obama's return from Asia as
> a signal to remind and reinforce the notion that the USA is serious
> about stopping the flow of pirated goods from Asia?
>
>
>
> On 11/29/2010 7:50 PM, Jim Franz wrote:
> > Orwell (the author) actually would appreciate the halting&  prosecution 
> > of
> > those that trade in counterfeit or trademark/copyright goods. Almost 100%
> > (not quite) of the sites were foreign registrations to sell counterfeit
> > products. US Customs (part of DHS) has the responsibility to do this,& 
> > they
> > did it with a proper federal court order. If they didn't do their job - 
> > you
> > would complain about that too.
> > There is a flurry of blogs and made up news about this already.
> > Look at the actual list of sites&  you will see a pattern: 
> > (dvdcollects.com.
> > dvdorderonline.com, dvdsuperdeal.com, jerseyclubhouse.com,
> > 2009jersey.com,-see dslreports.com article w/list of sites). The one site
> > that is in a different pattern is torrent-finder.com and that arguement
> > belongs on the non-tech forum.
> > It is funny that zdnet-australia described it as taking down "pirate" 
> > sites
> > selling fake goods. zdnet-usa wrote an article titled "...web censorship"
> > (while also praising the takedown of sites selling fake goods).
> > Let's not head for the bunker yet...
> > jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "sjl"<sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Newsgroups: midrange.pctech
> > To:<pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 7:13 PM
> > Subject: [PCTECH] DHS seizing domains for copyright infringement
> >
> >
> > > [ I know Booth will, so I'll go ahead and blame 'W'... ;-) ]
> > >
> > > DHS has /not/ yet secured our borders, and under pressure from the
> > > president, they recently stopped prosecuting many deportation cases.
> > >
> > > Since they suck so bad at enforcing immigration, now they /are/ trying 
> > > to
> > > enforce copyright laws:
> > > <http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/u-s-govt-seizes-70-domains-but-the-sites-live-on/?news=123>
> > >
> > > <
> > > Over the weekend, the U.S. government's war on piracy took an Orwellian
> > > turn. Without any notice, the Department of Homeland Security 
> > > Immigration
> > > and Customs Enforcement office seized nearly 80 domains for copyright 
> > > and
> > > trademark violations including Torrent-Finder.com...
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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