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British Police Censor the Global Internet

Posted by timothy on from the sun-never-sets-on-the-british-censor dept.

judgecorp writes "A branch of the City of London police seems to be censoring suspected pirates worldwide, using threats. The Police Intellectual Proerty Crime Unit (PIPCU), acts on tip-offs from copyright owners to attempt to close down websites accused of piracy. the process involves cease-and-desist letters, followed by pressure on advertisers not to fund the site, and finally PIPCU uses threats to the domain registrar (not the ISP), all without any sort of court order."

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  1. in few words: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    1) some people steal the property of some other people
    2) the victims notify the police unit responsible for protecting their property rights
    3) the police ask the thiefs to stop stealing
    4) if the thiefs refuse to stop stealing the police ask from people helping the criminals by providing funding and/or technical means to stop
    5) the usual ./ crowd screams...