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Court Orders Shutdown of H-1B Critics' Websites

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the with-great-power-comes-awh-screw-it dept.

theodp writes "Computerworld reports that a NJ Superior Court Judge ordered hosting firms to shut down three Web sites that oppose the H-1B visa program and seeks information about the identity of anonymous posters. GoDaddy, Network Solutions, Comcast and DiscountASP.Net were ordered to disable ITgrunt.com, Endh1b.com, and Guestworkerfraud.com. Facebook Inc. was also ordered to disable ITgrunt's Facebook page. The judge's order was made in response to a libel lawsuit filed by Apex Technology Group Inc., which is citing its copyright ownership as it seeks the identity of the poster of a since-removed Apex employment agreement on Docstoc.com, which drew critical comments on US and India websites."

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  1. hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... this is odd play for the federation

  2. Re:Doesn't look like they got all of them. by jmyers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just wait. Maybe they got the story listed on Slashdot as a way to shut them down.

  3. Re:Good way to end this BS by jbolden · · Score: 4, Funny

    Excellent policy. Makes sense, contracts should be public documents in all cases.

  4. Re:Sanjay sucks... by ThatsLoseNotLoose · · Score: 2, Funny

    No need to be a jerk, dude. Some of us are on company networks and don't recognize stormfront as a racist site - but our proxies do.

    Thanks dickhead.

  5. If it were me, I'd wait 2 weeks, then by mandark1967 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd tell the court that I called in the order to take the site down to my out-sourced IT Support Center and I am still on hold...

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  6. ". . . outstanding reputation . . ." by base3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apex had an outstanding reputation in the information technology field . . .

    There, fixed that for you.

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  7. Re:Good way to end this BS by Artifakt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apparently, he is claiming that copyright law should override contract law, and he's willing to urge suicide on people to make his point. Mickey, when somebody proudly announces that all the baby seals should be beaten to death with the bodies of the dead baby polar bears, they are a troll. Please don't feed the trolls.

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  8. Re:Make them citizens already. by SteveAstro · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think, in this context the OP is referring to Great Britain, not George Bush Jr.