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First Ever Criminal Arrest For Domain Name Theft
Domain Name News writes "Until recently, there hasn't been a case of a domain theft where the thief was caught and arrested. However, on July 30th, Daniel Goncalves was arrested at his home in Union, New Jersey and charged in a landmark case, the first criminal arrest for domain name theft in the United States. 'Cases of domain name theft have not typically involved a criminal prosecution because of the complexities, financial restraints and sheer time and energy involved. If a domain name is stolen, the victim of the crime in most cases would need experience with the technical and legal intricacies associated with the domain name system. To move the case forward, they would also need a law enforcement professional who understands the case or is willing to take the time to learn. For example, the Angels told us that in their case they called their local law enforcement in Florida who sent a uniformed officer in a squad car to their home. The first thing you can imagine the officer asked was, "What's a domain?"'"
The first thing you can imagine the officer asked was, "What's a domain?" I get it! Cops are all dumb, lazy, and technically illiterate! Seriously, everyone. I know we all resent cops, but to imply that a whole department can't find a single officer who knows what a domain is is ridiculous and insulting. Let's try to keep our government/authority-hate at least sort of grounded in reality.
Officer A: So then I pull up to this house, knock on the door and this 50 year old woman answers the door. I think I got the wrong house but you know those tech nerds ... ... where will it end?
Officer B: Still living in his mother's basement?
Officer A: Yeah, dude's whiter than paste and has maybe 90 lbs of meat on him. So I'm cuffing the guy and putting his head down so he gets into the car and the kid feels like a noodle and I say, 'Ya know you should try illegally downloading P90X.' and you can imagine the first thing he asked was, 'What the hell is P90X?'
Officer B: Hahaha, those hacker nerds, man if only they got laid more often instead of stealing a 'domain'--whatever that is.
Officer A: Yeah, now they expect us to police virtual property too
There, now everybody's made fun of everybody. Feel better?
My work here is dung.
That is, as long as you keep that shotgun out of the hands of the perp. Lots of people end up at the wrong end of their own weapons when they try to defend their homes at 2am.
The CB App. What's your 20?
Cybersquatter.
Cyber is computer related, I got that.
Squat is what females do to releive bladder pressure.
Cybersquatter. Hmm. Computers now come in genders? This gives a whole new meaning to "next gen"! I can breed my own computers!!
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