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Feds Seized Website For a Year Without Piracy Proof

Posted by Soulskill on from the your-tax-dollars-at-work dept.

bonch writes "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized a hip-hop website based on RIAA claims of copyright infringement for prerelease music tracks. They held it for a year before giving it back due to lack of evidence. Unsealed court records (PDF) show that the government was repeatedly given time extensions to build a case against Dajaz1.com, but the RIAA's evidence never came. The RIAA has declined to comment."

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  1. Year of lost revenue by dragisha · · Score: 3, Funny

    They will probably make more money from that, than from active site :).

    And RIAA will get wrist/checkbook slap.

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  2. Sounds like... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Dajaz1.com's lawyers are about to make some easy money off the RIAA.

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  3. Re:No surprise by girlintraining · · Score: 5, Funny

    My favorite part is that one of the extensions was granted one week after the previous extension had expired.

    "My master is always right. If my master is wrong... my master is always right. I must please my master. My master never lies. My master only wants what's best for me...." -- FBI, while handcuffed to RIAA's bed. :(

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  4. Re:Not too bad. by ediron2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, it's gonna be pretty hard to 'quarter troops' in a website, webfarm, hard drive... maybe in a colo cage!?

  5. Re:Not too bad. by Tarlus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, it goes all the way up to 11.

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  6. Re:No surprise by lightknight · · Score: 3, Funny

    And to think that some people argue that the IRS doesn't give as much as it takes...

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