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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. No surprise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

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

    1. Re:No surprise by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Aren't people who make false claims supposed to go to jail?

      Aren't people in government who seize things without cause, or who deny timely prosecution supposed to go to jail?

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  2. No recourse by Hatta · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The real troubling fact is that we have no recourse against this sort of criminal behavior by government thugs.

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