Subpoenas Issued Demanding Logs and IP Addresses for some Occupy Websites

[EFerrari]

Written by Sean Kalinich

In a very interesting twist on the Occupy movement Subpoenas are being issued demanding information relating to many of the Websites that related to the Occupy cause. One of the Subpoenas that was posted on Scribd.com is asking for quite a bit of information including “Any and all documents and records relating to the following articles posted on the Website including records of the IP addresses and pseudo names of the blog posters.”

This latest development is a very drastic measure and one that we are pretty confident will backfire on the courts in question. The establishment of a website in support of a political, social or economic cause should still be protected under the 1st amendment right to free speech. So far there are three Subpoena’s posted on the Scridb site started by someone called CabinCr3w (including one for occupy Boston), but we are sure that more will follow as the local and state governments attempt to track down what they obviously feel are dangerous criminals (never mind the real ones out there).

These Subpoenas are the latest in the move to criminalize the online activist movement (Anonymous and now the Occupy Movement). We have already watched as the FUD campaign has pushed ahead with articles that are now trying to portray Sabu (Hector Xavier Monsegur) as a “Gun Carrying Drug Dealer”.

So why the subpoenas all of a sudden? Well there are a couple of reasons that jump to mind. The first is that the people in charge a guessing that many of the individuals that support (or are involved with) the occupy movement are also involved or support Anonymous. This is not that big of a leap of logic, but it is a dangerous situation where the state and local governments are close to abusing (or disregarding) certain rights. This is not that far away from asking for the logs files and IP addresses of visitors to ANY site on the internet that might have an opposing view about the existing government.

http://www.decryptedtech.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=581:subpoenas-issued-demanding-logs-and-ip-addresses-for-some-occupy-websites&Itemid=138

[saras]

1. Eventually, someone somehow associated with OWS or Anonymous will cross the "terrorist" line

It might be as simple as someone throwing rocks through windows during a demonstration. And the "somehow associated" might well be an agent provocateur.

But once they have an excuse to label OWS and Anonymous "terrorist" organizations, then they get to use ALL of their "anti-terror" laws and weapons against them both.

Given the Administration's current record, I have no reason whatsoever to think that they are NOT moving in this direction.

[kestrel91316]

2. Then everybody leaves Occupy and reassembles under a different name.

[EFerrari]

3. And that will be a big set back

because it means abandoning infrastructure.

[saras]

4. You mean you get a whole new ID? Retina scans and everything?