Here's a story I'm only allowed to post here! "Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains" [View all]
*evidently some people don't consider this extreme action national news*
Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights
Target sites assumed guilty until proven innocent under U.S. law
by Fox Van Allen | Last updated 1:40PM EST on February 3, 2012
"While many sports fans are preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl by organizing parties and shopping for TVs, the U.S. government is preparing in a different way. Just yesterday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency seized 307 different domains suspected of violating NFL copyrights. Of those, 16 were suspected of illegal streaming. The rest were allegedly selling counterfeit NFL merchandise.
The seizure was conducted under U.S. civil law, not criminal law. That means the affected parties need to prove that the internet domains were not engaging in illegal activity to get them back — an ugly mirror image of the country's usual "innocent until proven guilty" right. Many of the domains were not being operated by U.S. groups. Because they used U.S. domain suffixes .net, .com, and .org, however, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was empowered to act."
more at: http://www.tecca.com/news/2012/02/03/ice-nfl-website-seizure-superbowl/
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