RIAA Seizes Wrong MP3Skull Domain (torrentfreak.com)

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RIAA Seizes Wrong MP3Skull Domain (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday October 13, 2016 @04:50AM from the oops dept.

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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Sincere question by Anonymous Coward · 2016-10-13 04:53 · Score: 4, Interesting

Since ICANN is no longer part of the USA government, how can a florida court still seize domain names?
1. Re:Sincere question by Anonymous Coward · 2016-10-13 05:14 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  Since ICANN is no longer part of the USA government, how can a florida court still seize domain names?
  I'm not part of the USA government and neither is my employer but if I were in the USA and a court with authority there ordered me to do something, I'd likely do it (I might draw the line e.g. at torturing babies but not at updating domain records) or else I'd risk imprisonment.
2. Re:Sincere question by Anonymous Coward · 2016-10-13 05:30 · 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 · 2016-10-13 05:46 · 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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4. Re:Sincere question by johanw · 2016-10-13 07:35 · Score: 1
  
  You refuse to waterboard baby terrorists? Up to Gitmo you go!
5. Re:Sincere question by gweihir · 2016-10-13 09:22 · Score: 1
  
  Authoritarian followers are not only vicious, they are also stupid. No police-state in history has ever done good things for its citizens, yet these here demand one.
  
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6. Re:Sincere question by Coren22 · 2016-10-20 03:50 · Score: 1
  
  The USA has never been a democracy. Perhaps you need to revisit civics class to understand the difference between representative republics and democracies. Is there even a country that is run as democracy?
  
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the real criminal here... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-10-13 04:56 · 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 · 2016-10-13 05:01 · 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:the real criminal here... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-10-13 05:18 · Score: 1
  
  Because the entire judicial system would need to be included as co-conspirators
3. Re:the real criminal here... by GrumpySteen · 2016-10-13 05:37 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Because it's not RICO, dammit!
BFD by Anonymous Coward · 2016-10-13 05:10 · Score: 1

"MPSkull.onl"? Gee, that sounds like an innocent, totally coincidental choice of names.
You guys are reaching for stuff with which to bash the record industry. What if there was a story about a US IT worker who sued for age discrimination, and it turned out to be a fradulent claim? Of course, that type of story would be deemed not worthy of Slashdot coverage.
1. Re:BFD by maliqua · 2016-10-13 05:20 · Score: 2
  
  It would be if those IT Workers did something like that every few weeks
2. Re:BFD by freeze128 · 2016-10-13 05:35 · Score: 1
  
  Aside from this exact case, we really haven't heard about the RIAA doing anything nasty for months - maybe even years.
3. Re:BFD by Anonymous Coward · 2016-10-13 05:59 · Score: 1
  
  well then welcome back to the internet after your extended hiatus
4. Re:BFD by HiThere · 2016-10-13 10:59 · Score: 1
  
  While largely correct, you statement should be understood "The RIAA acting as a criminal terrorist is no longer news." It's not that they've stopped doing it, it's that it's so common it's no longer news.
  There was a time when every murder or robbery was front-page news (in the local paper). OK, the town was small, and it was uncommon, so it was news. Now the towns have turned into cities, and the papers are parts of a chain with no local ownership, and murder and robbery aren't even mentioned. This doesn't mean they have stopped happening.
  
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5. Re:BFD by allo · 2016-10-15 03:18 · Score: 1
  
  I guess it just were namesquatters. Using the same name under another TLD for a slightly related service, hoping for typos and/or many visitors from search engines. I am not very sorry for them, they are spammers anyway.
Restitution for negligence on behalf of the RIAA? by NotARealUser · 2016-10-13 05:13 · Score: 5, Funny

I am sure, our courts being fair and all, that the RIAA will pay full restitution for the damages caused by their neglectful actions. :/
The RIAA... by surfdaddy · 2016-10-13 05:13 · Score: 1

is like the modern Mavia. A bunch of thugs.
1. Re:The RIAA... by surfdaddy · 2016-10-13 05:14 · Score: 1
  
  Sorry, that's "Mafia"!
Re:Restitution for negligence on behalf of the RIA by AmiMoJo · 2016-10-13 05:33 · Score: 2

Their mistake was using a TLD administered in the US. If they had used one that ignored US legal rulings they might be okay. As it is, they would have to sue the RIAA in the US which would be costly and difficult, so basically they are screwed.

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Re:Restitution for negligence on behalf of the RIA by Anonymous Coward · 2016-10-13 06:17 · Score: 1

I am sure, our courts being fair and all, that the RIAA will pay full restitution for the damages caused by their neglectful actions. :/
Neglectful actions? That wasn't neglectful actions. It was a deliberate act of Piracy.
Re:they would have gotten around to this one anywa by omnichad · 2016-10-13 06:44 · Score: 2

In other words, it's a feature not a bug.
If they *really* wanted to make a difference... by tekrat · 2016-10-13 07:57 · Score: 1

If they *really* wanted to make a difference, they should go after the source of most piracy. The root servers of the internet. And if they can't do that, go after Youtube.
Only by the total injuction of all TCP/IP traffic can they insure that there's no piracy.

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1. Re:If they *really* wanted to make a difference... by Coren22 · 2016-10-20 04:04 · Score: 1
  
  If they really want to stop piracy, what they really need to do is go after the real source of all piracy, which is the publishers of the music/videos.
  But they are funded directly by them, so it will never happen, it is much easier to play wack-a-mole instead of really fixing the issue by improving people's access to the media.
  
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Re:Ugh by DickBreath · 2016-10-13 08:34 · Score: 1

Don't blame the voters. No matter who is elected, they will be corrupted by money once enough of it comes their way. Blame the puppet masters for corrupting the system.

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Re:Ugh by Coren22 · 2016-10-20 03:53 · Score: 1

The RIAA has 0 government powers. They don't seize domain names. You are misunderstanding the difference between the government, embodied by the judicial branch, and an organization bringing a lawsuit against someone who is breaking copyright laws for profit.

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Re:Restitution for negligence on behalf of the RIA by Coren22 · 2016-10-20 03:57 · Score: 1

.ONL is a generic TLD that was applied for in Germany (Deutchland), how exactly is that administered in the US?

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