ICE: Coming for Your Website!

Domain names were seized by the Department of Homeland Security, and more specifically, ICE. This happened without Congress passing the Act which would allow the government to make entire websites disappear if infringement is deemed to be "central" to the purpose of the site. So if the bill hasn't been passed what is the Homeland Security doing? TechDirt founder Michael Masnick explains.

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[RESET1776]

You just gotta love it. We have a war zone on the Mexico border and the gooberment crying about area vs manpower. Yet, they have the immigration branch playing cyber nanny........

[nek0s]

Our first taste of what it will be like when we no longer have Net Neutrality.

[benhoareward]

@benhoareward its back up now

[benhoareward]

My domain got seized

[va49]

Rip ATDHE.NET 02/1/2011 Seized by Homeland Ice Security :(

[ArizonaSean]

@TheyDidThis That's funny because I can't get into my other youtube account right now and I am bashing the fuck these Nazis that are destroying America.

[BurlingtonNorthernRy]

"Hay DHS, why don't you go do your god damn job! Catch actual threats to the country..."

"Not do RIAA's job of enforcing ControlRight."

(Copyright was phased out in early 2000.)

[lurkerrekrul]

Welcome to the Incorporated States of America(tm). We have the best government that money can buy. A government of the corporations, by the corporations, for the corporations.

[lurkerrekrul]

@itisYOUREnotYOUR - What he means is that they didn't seize the physical equipment that the site runs on, and which holds the content that they objected to. They only redirected the domain name.

[signboyy]

a lot of people get access to non-corporate media from youtube

i bet youtube will be shut down under the guise of copyright infringement because a lot of people post movies and songs on youtube, but the real motive for it will be so that its more difficult for people to get access to non-corporate media

[itisYOUREnotYOUR]

"they did not seize the content" LOL, that would be impossible since there is nothing to seize. This guy is a "CEO" of a tech firm? LOL LOL