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."

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Re:Google is able to stop DNS hijacking?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm guessing that's a trap door link, right? linking to goatse soon? wget http://ow.ly/3Ou1l --02:34:18-- http://ow.ly/3Ou1l => `3Ou1l' Resolving ow.ly... 75.101.155.42, 184.72.246.159 Connecting to ow.ly|75.101.155.42|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://bit.ly/gsokC2 [following] --02:34:18-- http://bit.ly/gsokC2 => `gsokC2' Resolving bit.ly... 168.143.172.53 Connecting to bit.ly|168.143.172.53|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Location: http://webwiki.dyndns-wiki.com/ [following] --02:34:19-- http://webwiki.dyndns-wiki.com/ => `index.html' Resolving webwiki.dyndns-wiki.com... 204.13.248.125 Connecting to webwiki.dyndns-wiki.com|204.13.248.125|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://img43.imageshack.us/i/screenshot1rx.png/ [following]

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

[bunratty]

What property is being seized? These are just bits on a server being set differently, just as downloading a movie without paying for it is sending bits down a wire. If one is "imaginary property" isn't the other? Or is there a double standard?