ICE boss John Morton gave the keynote at the recent Congressional Internet Caucus Stae of the Net. He starts talking about domain takedowns at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWZY_LujUhc&feature=player_detailpage#t=328s <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWZY_LujUhc&feature=player_detailpage#t=328s>* In all cases they obtained illicit goods via the sites before obtaining warrants. * He says they served the registries. * All seizures can be challenged in federal court. * After they seized 8 sites in June, 81 more sites shut down voluntarily. * One re-emerged under a different name. Working with UK police it was again shutdown. * Seizure banners have received 25m hits. Some sites got more hits after seizure. * After 131 referrals from industry they enforced 81 in November. (81 obviously a magic number) * Pirates don't pay taxes or health care, invest in America. * Criticism provides publicity which is helpful.. * Not interested in limiting speech or due process * Internet is not above the law. Then, in answer to question, about whther this set a bad example for Internet freedom in other countries. * All except 5 sites were selling counterfeit hard goods. * In the case of the 5 sites, special care taken to establish 1) content is illicit, and 2) knowingly supplied, in order to obtain court order. j On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> wrote:
ICE press release here: http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1102/110202newyork.htm
<http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1102/110202newyork.htm>j
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> wrote:
I guess, after reading http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002323----000-.... that there isn't much question that the USG has a legal right to seize property, but the question still arises when does linking constitute "distribution"..
j
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