Re: Feds disable movie piracy websites in raids

["Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>]

On Jul 1, 2010, at 9:03 AM, Franck Martin wrote:

> The question is because gTLDs operations are in the USA, does it mean that the USA have control over all those domain 
> names?
>
> Can we trust solely the USA for such control?
>
> This will come back with a vengeance in the JPA negotiations, ICANN, etc...

Yeah, because if the domains were housed in another country than the USofA, that country's court system & law 
enforcement surely wouldn't feel any sort of authority over the machines on their sovereign soil.  It's just the evil 
USA that would dare to think in such a fashion.  Oh, wait....

Is it possible the law enforcement officers went through the standard due process for the country in which they 
operate, Just Like Any Other Law Enforcement Agency Would?  Nahh, no way we could consider that.  It wouldn't allow us 
to bang on the US and make hollow threats about future negotiations.


It's fun to bang on the US, but let's try to keep even a hint of reality & perspective in our rants.  Please?

-- 
TTFN,
patrick


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Florian Weimer" <fweimer () bfk de>
> To: "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii () shaka com>
> Cc: nanog () nanog org
> Sent: Friday, 2 July, 2010 12:39:34 AM
> Subject: Re: Feds disable movie piracy websites in raids
>
> * Michael Painter:
>
> > BURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- U.S. officials on Wednesday announced a major
> > crackdown on movie piracy that involved disabling nine websites that
> > were offering downloads of pirated movies in some cases hours after
> > they appeared in theaters.
>
> Note that some of the domain names in the ICE press release appear to
> be wrong (or they have already lost control of them).
>
> Targeting THEPIRATECITY.ORG and not THEPIRATEBAY.ORG is slightly
> ridiculous, and it seems that TVSHACK.NET has already reappeared as
> TVSHACK.CC.  ZML.NAME is still controlled by the ZML.COM folks, but
> seems to have problems right now.  This takedown approach might work
> for controllers of non-too-advanced malware, but you need something
> better for content which people actually want to access, and which is
> indexed by helpful search engines. 8-/
>
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