Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights

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Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights

Target sites assumed guilty until proven innocent under U.S. law

by Fox Van Allen | Last updated 1:40PM EST on February 3, 2012

"While many sports fans are preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl by organizing parties and shopping for TVs, the U.S. government is preparing in a different way. Just yesterday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency seized 307 different domains suspected of violating NFL copyrights. Of those, 16 were suspected of illegal streaming. The rest were allegedly selling counterfeit NFL merchandise.

The seizure was conducted under U.S. civil law, not criminal law. That means the affected parties need to prove that the internet domains were not engaging in illegal activity to get them back — an ugly mirror image of the country's usual "innocent until proven guilty" right. Many of the domains were not being operated by U.S. groups. Because they used U.S. domain suffixes .net, .com, and .org, however, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was empowered to act."

more at: http://www.tecca.com/news/2012/02/03/ice-nfl-website-seizure-superbowl/

[saras]

1. so next year they'll all have the sense to not use US domains

[Lone_Star_Dem]

2. Not important news of a national interest

Last edited Sun Feb 5, 2012, 12:31 PM - Edit history (1)

Perhaps a repost in GD would be a better fit?

Upon further consideration I'm unlocking this thread.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. kick

For more exposure.

[Citizen Worker]

4. Meanwhile outlaw banksters are free to pillage and plunder becauses "law enforcement" is all

consumed in protecting intellectual property.

[christx30]

5. So why exactly

do they think they need SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA? They can sieze domains at will, it seems. I guess they just don't like due process. Due process is just a pain in the ass that no one should have to deal with, right? That's what great about stuff like NDAA. You can arrest someone and hold them and not have to worry about some judge saying it's ok.

[boppers]

6. "The initiative, dubbed Operation Fake Sweep, commenced Oct. 1, 2011."

Yeah.

http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1202/120202indianapolis.htm