US Dept. of Justice, ICE Still Seizing Domains

Chaonici writes "Operation In Our Sites, a US initiative to crack down on websites related to online copyright infringement, appears to be ongoing. Rojadirecta is a site that links to (but does not host) broadcasts of major sporting events, including soccer matches. It is highly popular in Spain, where it has prevailed twice in court after its legal status was challenged. However, US authorities have now seized the .org domain of the website without notifying the site's owner or its web host, GoDaddy. Rojadirecta can still be accessed through .com, .es, .me, and .in domains, which are not controlled by the US, but rojadirecta.org currently redirects to this well-known image."

Comments

Summary is wrong, as usual.

[MaskedSlacker]

Rojadirecta.org works as of 4:14 pm, two minutes after this story was posted. No ICE image at all.

Rojadirecta.com has the ICE image.

Re:Summary is wrong, as usual.

[ethan961]

No, it really is seized. As of 4:20 PST I get the ICE image. The change is probably still propagating.

ATDHE.net

[doroshjt]

Was also seized. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/01/atdhe-sports-streaming-website-seized_n_817224.html

Re:What Egypt and the US have in common...

[theskipper]

It wasn't always this way but legally, they are property. See the Zuccarini case (a soap opera in itself):

http://espinosaiplaw.com/wordpress/?p=90

Domains are becoming very valuable assets so how they're treated legally is important.

Re:My favorite websites

[c0lo]

transition to other domains such as .me

Why would you trust Montenegro to stand up for your rights?.

I don't. But before considering OpenNIC or the like, here why .me has a better level of trust:
- historically, nobody heard about .me domains being seized (not that it cannot happen in the future)...
- ... but .org, .net and .com... continue to happen.

Between .me and {.org, .net, .com} - excluding others - who do you trust better?