The New York Times --
Immigrations and custom enforcement (ICE) seized the domain names of three file sharing websites and redirected visitors to those websites to its own takedown notice.
The file sharing website that were seized were torrent-finder.com and three music file sharing systems onsmash.com rapgodfather.com and dajaz1.com.
A long-term effort against online piracy, John T. Morton, the assistant secretary of ICE and representatives of the Motion Picture Association of America said "American businesses under assault from counterfeiters and pirates every day, seven days a week. Criminals are stealing American ideas and products and distributing them over the Internet."
The seizure were also covered under a new bill known as Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act which was approved by a Senate committee last week which would allow the government to shut down sites that are "dedicated to the infringing activities."
okay, first of all, what the hell is the immigrations and custom enforcement agency doing in going after file sharing websites and set up after illegal aliens?
Secondly, while file sharing can be a violation of copyright law, however, the implications of this new bill along with the net neutrality act could be a Pandora's box that could have long-term implications.
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It appears to go much deeper than that.
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