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Nice find for sure:)

it's actually 77 so far

The US Government have piracy firmly in their sites. If blocking domains doesn't work they will bring out a new law. Even more stringent.

Don't anyone kid themselves this is the end game.

If its not the end game it's definatley a good start and it should be a major deterent.
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Those cheering for this have their blinders on. This is in no way a good thing and you will be back here cursing it in a few years even if it continues exactly how you want it to for the time being. Since when does a webmaster of any kind want sites yanked off the internet without due process?

I agree, but its definatley good for those who produce their own content.
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Moreover. Do any of the idiots cheering this on really think it will have a material effect. From my understanding the Government has the power to do this currently only to sites whose servers are hosted in the US, thus breaking US law by their determination. Furthermore the US may control the DNS but they will not go about seizing domains from sovereign nations.

So at the end of the day pirates will do what pirates are doing, move to alternate TLD's (.cd for instance) and host in less developed nations. But, legitimate US businesses in risky categories such as ADULT may find themselves on the end of similar measures in years to come.

You are correct but some new legislation just got through committee that would let them do it to sites that are owned and operated anywhere in the world. Scary ass, end of the internet as we know it type of shit and people that work online cheering for it.

Sure, but it would also be good for those selling porn if hustler.com got taken offline in the same manner, doesn't make it right.

And just to clarify, I wouldn't give a flying fuck if some pissed off webmaster went and blew up the servers for every pirate haven on the entire internet and got away with it. What I do care about is the government being able to decide they want something offline and just taking it off without a court order. Due process is a good thing, even if it drags along and pisses everyone off.

We all know what government does with power once it gets it, it's not like next year they won't be able to keep doing this on top of whatever other fucked up powers they've claimed.

Yeah I've read about COICA. It really is pretty scary stuff for the internet. That said, I still think it only applies to .com .net .org, etc (i.e. those under US control) not country codes, etc such as .cd. If they go after all TLD's, including other nations, there is no doubt the DNS will fracture almost overnight.

However, I think they are intending to force ISP's to block domains in the US which they can't seize or shutdown. We just went through a one year battle to fight off an internet blacklist and filter in Australia. In the end, it was stopped mostly because ISP's found it would be impracticable on a technical level to filter traffic without adversely effecting internet speed.

Could be wrong though, but it will really be a sad day for the internet if this stuff comes to fruition (though there is a lot of support rallying against it from legitimate organizations and people). What is even worse is disheartening is seeing people involved in the internet, who should understand and appreciate the freedom it brings cheering it on. :(

Someone said something to me the other day that stuck. Doing business on the internet used to be so easy, and that's why it flourished. But as the years go on, the benefit of operating online and not having to worry about any particular jurisdiction or nations laws, and being able to focus on and just operate and grow your business, is evolving into the disadvantage of now having to worry about every jurisdiction in which your website is accessible. I think this trend is only going to continue, and it will mark the end of the great experiment the internet is if it does.

Don't expect porn to get the same favorable treatment as the music and motion picture industries. Or maybe I am wrong, doing something similar with porn infringement could dry up a good part of the available free porn. So really, this could go either way ...

Most seized domains were on Chinese Registrars but here is a list of some American ones -


enom.com domains:

usaburberryscarf.com
boxedtvseries.com
rmx4u.com
rapgodfathers.com

godaddy.com domains:

handbagspop.com
throwbackguy.com
ipodnanouk.com
handbagcom.com
nibdvd.com
torrent-finder.com
borntrade.com
overbestmall.com
onsmash.com
getdvdset.com

moniker.com domain:

tiesonsale.com

Yeah, and YouTube, Break, Liveleak, et al? :1orglaugh

:2 cents:

Hell ya,especially youtube :1orglaugh

And when it does happen...remember it's not the legit people who are "cheering it on" that caused it. We aren't the thieves that are bringing this shit on. It's the fucking pirates dancing around loopholes in DMCA that are causing all of this.

Piracy is affecting our livelihoods. At that point I'm not going to care about the "great experiment" of the internet if it's going to allow thieves to take food off my table. And that's the way it is for anybody who makes their living via the internet.

I think the only way you will see these types of domain seizures affect porn is when the government starts seizing porn site domains.

will you feel the same way when use the same circumvention of the due process to take your site away from you

remember one of the sites that got killed didn't even host a single torrent file it was a meta search engine (the same effect as going to he advance search on google and selecting the file type .torrent)

i hope they don't take down torrents, i'm making some good $$$ off suing the theives!!!

this is just starting to get good...

Homeland Security seizes domain names
By Sara Jerome - 11/26/10 04:25 PM ET

The investigative arm of the Homeland Security Department appears to be shutting down websites that facilitate copyright infringement.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized dozens of domain names over the past few days, according to TorrentFreak.

ICE appears to be targeting sites that help Internet users download copyrighted music, as well as sites that sell bootleg goods, such as fake designer handbags.

The sites are replaced with a note from the government: "This domain named has been seized by ICE, Homeland Security Investigations."

For instance, borntrade.com, 51607.com, and amoyhy.com have each been seized.

One of the site owners told TorrentFreak that his site was shut down without any notice or warning.

The effort comes as Congress considers the Combatting Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA). Critics, including Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) say it is too heavy-handed. He has vowed to put a formal hold on the bill.

Geoblock on agent 488

And btw,seems on following url:
http://www.ice.gov/iprcenter/iprreferral.htm
You can report piracy site.

Lol,there is billions of thieves,i dont think they will be ever stopped no matter what laws or methods are used to stop them.

Only 10000000 to go then. This will change nothing. They cant shut down them all.

Learn from this guy:

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