Homeland Security seizes 70+ websites for copyright and trademark violations

[Beowulf]

Homeland Security Seizes 70+ Websites for Copyright Violations

How in the world is copyright infringement a threat to national security, and did they get court orders first? Is Homeland Security becoming the new gestapo? Is it just me, or are they running roughshod over us?

 

[Tousi]

Yeah, seems like there's a lack of due process going on......

 

[Beowulf]

Yeah, seems like there's a lack of due process going on......

Whoops, I missed the line '"Rather than using DMCA or COICA, the DHS has, as one spokesperson told the New York Times, 'executed court-ordered seizure warrants against a number of domain names."' But I agree about the lack of due process, since laws were created specifically to deal with these issues, and DHS chose to bypass them. Interesting.

 

[jillio]

Definate lack of due process. And also a good indication that Homeland Security is not very busy actually dealing with homeland security and terrorism issues as they would have us believe.