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RIAA Seizes Wrong MP3Skull Domain (torrentfreak.com)

Reader AmiMoJo writes: In its continued quest to keep the Internet piracy-free, the RIAA has seized the domain name of yet another MP3Skull site. However, it appears that their most recent target has nothing to do with the original service. Earlier this year a Florida federal court issued a permanent injunction which allowed the RIAA to take over the site's domain names. Despite the million dollar verdict MP3Skull continued to operate for several months, using a variety of new domain names, which were subsequently targeted by the RIAA's legal team. Now MP3Skull.onl, an unrelated YouTube converter, has also been seized.

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  1. the real criminal here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why hasn't the RIAA been subjected to the RICO act... they certainly have always acted like gangsters and thugs and thieves in the night.

    1. Re:the real criminal here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The Music And Film Industry Association of America makes enough political contributions to make it extremely difficult to bring them to account.

  2. Re:Sincere question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Me too, but then I'd emigrate and take my business with me. I already stopped flying to the US just because of post-9/11 fondle-me laws, which is a shame as I was doing quite well buying and selling there, but I'd rather sleep well at night than on a more expensive bed.

    The American government is a product of those who invest into it. Every time someone trades freedom for comfort, they lose freedom.

  3. Re:Sincere question by jenningsthecat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...Every time someone trades freedom for comfort, they lose freedom.

    Yes, and the sad thing is that they eventually lose the comfort too.

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    'The Economy' is a giant Ponzi scheme whose most pitiable suckers are the youngest among us and the yet-unborn.