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How Italian Police Shut Down U.S. Web Servers

Posted by timothy on from the old-fashioned-way dept.

gessel writes: "CNN has an article describing Italian police shutting down a U.S. hosted website deemed in Italy to be illegally blasphemous. The article goes on to describe the ramifications and U.S. efforts along the same lines."

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  1. One a more important note... by ghotiboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let's all celebrate about this quote.

    Jim Conway of the New York-based Direct Marketing Association worries that U.S. companies may have to scale back U.S. campaigns if they cannot assure that their mailing lists contain no European addresses.

  2. Flashback ... by Mr.+Mai · · Score: 3, Funny

    It sound like a virtual version of the Inquisition to me. The next step is developing a way to torture the servers and make them change their contents =)

    1. Re:Flashback ... by Sebastopol · · Score: 3, Funny

      It sound like a virtual version of the Inquisition to me. The next step is developing a way to torture the servers and make them change their contents =)

      Like "The Comfy Chassis", perhaps?

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  3. Re:CNN has picked up the story? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    According to CNN:
    Many countries do not value free speech the way the United States does

    Please excuse me while I ROTFL... to think yesterday someone almost convinced me that CNN wasn't an american propaganda machine...

  4. Re:Ob Monty Python! by onion2k · · Score: 3, Funny

    Our main weapon is SSH. And SSH Tunneling. Our two main weapons are SSH and SSH Tunneling. And a fanatical devotion to TCP. Out THREE main weapons...

    Etc.

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  5. Whats the fuss? by Maeryk · · Score: 3, Funny

    If people REALLY wanna see Porn featuring the Madonna, they can just hit amazon and pick up that awful coffee table book she put out a few years ago!

    Maeryk

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  6. Act of War by Lothar+0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    That the Italian government interfered with data on a server in this country, and put their official insignia, without permission, on a U.S. website is just that - an invasion on our soil and an attack upon one of our most protected civil liberties. I shake with rage when I see this site and the blatant invasion of our soverignty.

    Glad I'm not President, or else I would have bombed Rome upon first mention of this incident.

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