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Zoe Lofgren Wants To Slow Down Domain Seizures By ICE & DOJ

Posted by timothy on from the but-seizure-is-fun dept.

GovTechGuy writes "Rep. Zoe Lofgren sat down with Roll Call to discuss her proposal to slow down the seizure of domain names accused of piracy by the federal government. Lofgren turned to Reddit for help formulating the bill, and also discussed whether her colleagues in Congress know enough about technology to make informed decisions on tech policy."

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  1. It's "Zoe", not "Zof" by ZaMoose · · Score: 5, Funny

    She "also discussed whether her colleagues in Congress know enough about technology to make informed decisions on tech policy".

    This is one of those trick questions, right? I mean, "No, next question." is too easy, right?

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    I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.
    1. Re:It's "Zoe", not "Zof" by TheCarp · · Score: 4, Funny

      That is so not true, these people are our best and brightest! Hello.... you think congressmen don't have indoor plumbing? They know how tubes work, they know what happens when you put them in a series. They arn't stupid.

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      "I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"
    2. Re:It's "Zoe", not "Zof" by ZaMoose · · Score: 4, Funny

      Absolutely. The US Congress contains the best and the brightest graduates of law school that we currently...

      WE ARE SO HOSED.

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      I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.
    3. Re:It's "Zoe", not "Zof" by ZaMoose · · Score: 4, Funny

      Also a Congressman who worried that stationing more US forces on Guam would flip the island over.

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      I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.
  2. A representative of the people doing her job? by NettiWelho · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nothing to worry about, MAFIAA has already dispatched a squad to deal with her.

  3. We can fix this problem by 1s44c · · Score: 4, Insightful

    These agencies of the US government are abusing the DNS system, our DNS system. We should replace or at least supplement DNS with something they can't abuse, something peer2peer. Nothing short of that will fix the DNS abuse we keep seeing.

    Namecoin was a good idea but it's not going to work as currently implemented. Maybe something similar could.