US Government Censors 70 Websites

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http://www.osnews.com/story/24074/US_Government_Censors_70_Websites

http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-seizes-bittorrent-search-engine-domain-and-more-101126/

Man, the US sucks. Supreme Court, get to work and fix this ****.

 

[SkylerOcon]

Hopefully this doesn't stand for very long =/

 

[Claire Diviner]

What the...! I just went to torrent-finder to see if this was truly real, and my god, it's true.

It won't be long before the U.S. Government manages to get a vicegrip on the Constitution's ideals, and forces the concept of freedom down the sh*tter. What a sad world we live in.

What I find more disgusting is that they are forcing their censors to be enforced around the world, and on what grounds: because they think they own the world? To think, we just may see the destruction of the last vestiges of humanity's grip on sanity the moment They finally create a true "Big Brother"! :O

 

[SkylerOcon]

Actually, I read a bit more. Turns out seizure-warrants were given out for the domain names, so this was perfectly legal and justified. The two links the OP posted were either biased or sensationalist, so they glossed over that. Its not as bad as it seems, guys <_<

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/27/technology/27torrent.html?_r=2&ref=technology

 

[Claire Diviner]

Actually, I read a bit more. Turns out seizure-warrants were given out for the domain names, so this was perfectly legal and justified. The two links the OP posted were either biased or sensationalist, so they glossed over that. Its not as bad as it seems, guys <_<

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/27/technology/27torrent.html?_r=2&ref=technology

Oh. Well, when you put it that way, then I guess it's not that bad in hindsight. So they're only targetting sites that violate copyright infringement and (hopefully) nothing else, right? I can live with that then, though, admittedly, I do hope some of my favorite torrent sites doesn't go, though knowing the government at this point, said sites may very well get axed anyway. *sighs*

 

[Laem]

skyler from your article, wth is this supposed to mean:
"and said that suspected criminals would be pursued anywhere in the world."

 

[Crimson King]

That goes along with typical felony charges abroad. If someone is trafficking child porn, for example, the government can easily get another country to work with them.

 

[Claire Diviner]

That goes along with typical felony charges abroad. If someone is trafficking child porn, for example, the government can easily get another country to work with them.

↑ What he said. In the case of child porn and other deisel crimes, I'm sure just about any country will help the U.S.... except maybe Cuba.

For something like copyright infringement, would all countries be willing to help the U.S. in that regard? Probably, unless said country hates America, like Cuba as mentioned before.

 

[SkylerOcon]

Perhaps not. I don't think that piracy is illegal in a few European countries, but I might be wrong.

 

[Laem]

*thinks of Roman Polanski*

or is that some sort of exception or something

 

[Evil Eye]

Polanski is French, and he fled to France. It wasn't a legal exception so much as a special exception for a French celebrity.

 

[Crimson King]

Actually, France doesn't extradite, especially nationals.

 

[Claire Diviner]

So the U.S. can't censor all the websites they want if the servers are based in countries who don't extradite. Huh, so there's hope for some websites. Admittedly, the vast majority of sites the government is aiming for are sites I care little for. It's just the principle of the thing. It starts off with copyright infringement... but it may branch out into other, more asinine categories.

 

[Peeze]

Pretty soon they'll be limiting the number of babies I can make.

 

[Teran]

I just think the US government wants to make enemies with the internet so it can invade it.

 

[Colonel Cuddles]

I just think the US government wants to make enemies with the internet so it can invade it.

Is that why it's been doing the joint military exercises with South Korea?

 

[UberMario]

So . . . . they got rid of torrenting sites (which are usually used for illegal purposes) and ones that counterfeited? Are there any sites innocent if the majority were for those two purposes?

Spoiler

Not rhetorical

 

[Geist]

Unfortunate, but if it was seized by perfectly legal process it's not that big of a deal. It's not like they were censoring porn sites for ****s and giggles.

Either way the site I use still works looool

 

[TheGoat]

Incoming police state internet.

 

[Mic_128]

I just think the US government wants to make enemies with the internet so it can invade it.

I'm terrified that if the US can find a way to invade the Internet, that 4chan and the rest can find a way out of the Internet.

 

[Teran]

4chan already is out of the internet, in the form of people doing the things they're ashamed of in private.

 

[Rici]

Perhaps not. I don't think that piracy is illegal in a few European countries, but I might be wrong.

Here in the Netherlands it's legal to download whatever you want from wherever, only uploading is 'illegal', but nobody cares so meh...