U.S. Government Seizes BitTorrent Search Engine Domain and More

[moltar]

This is fucked up. How does ICANN has such power? Even registrar had no clue what was going on.

U.S. Government Seizes BitTorrent Search Engine Domain and More | TorrentFreak

 

[goldmercury]

I like the 2nd comment to the post "So is it time for an alternative, censorship-free DNS system yet ?"

It's only a matter of time

 

[SethTheUBotGuy]

ICANN has cheeseburger?

 

[zany zoroaster]

I approach this skeptically - these could be hackers that took over the sites. I did a bunch of checking, but it kinda does look like they were seized (they are all located on the same server now, under control of the same ISP that hosts the Piwik tracker on their homepages, despite having different whois).

Also, there is a Piwik tracker running there, and a Google Analytics installation. Apparently their account number is A-198[zero]6388-1. Good to know for when they're tracking you on less obvious sites

 

[river]

Ah, the Internet Wild West is slowly becoming history.

 

[dodgy]

America, land of the Free....

 

[subigo]

I like the 2nd comment to the post "So is it time for an alternative, censorship-free DNS system yet ?"

It's only a matter of time

Been there, done that. OpenNIC

 

[BigWill]

Homeland security... Really

 

[theunicorn]

it is real. 12 domains seized today already.

 

[Hyphen]

They seized a shitload of domains today.
This domain name has been seized by ICE - Homeland Security Investigations
This domain name has been seized by ICE - Homeland Security Investigations

Oh, I just noticed that article has a huge list, wow.

 

[subigo]

The U.S. government has been seizing domains for the past decade. Nothing new guys...

 

[r3p1v]

2009jerseys.com
51607.com
amoyhy.com
b2corder.com
bishoe.com
borntrade.com
borntrade.net
boxedtvseries.com
boxset4less.com
boxsetseries.com
burberryoutletshop.com
cartoon77.com
cheapscarfshop.com
coachoutletfactory.com
dajaz1.com
discountscarvesonsale.com
dvdcollectionsale.com
dvdcollects.com
dvdorderonline.com
dvdprostore.com
dvdscollection.com
dvdsetcollection.com
dvdsetsonline.com
dvdsuperdeal.com
eluxury-outlet.com
getdvdset.com
gofactoryoutlet.com
golfstaring.com
golfwholesale18.com
handbag9.com
handbagcom.com
handbagspop.com
icqshoes.com
ipodnanouk.com
jersey-china.com
jerseyclubhouse.com
jordansbox.com
lifetimereplicas.com
louis-vuitton-outlet-store.com
lv-outlets.com
lv-outlets.net
lv-outletstore.com
massnike.com
merrytimberland.com
mycollects.com
mydreamwatches.com
mygolfwholesale.com
newstylerolex.com
nfljerseysupply.com
nibdvd.com
odvdo.com
oebags.com
onsmash.com
overbestmall.com
rapgodfathers.com
realtimberland.com
rmx4u.com
scarfonlineshop.com
scarfviponsale.com
shawls-store.com
silkscarf-shop.com
silkscarfonsale.com
skyergolf.com
sohob2b.com
sohob2c.com
storeofeast.com
stuff-trade.com
sunglasses-mall.com
sunogolf.com
tbl-sports.com
throwbackguy.com
tiesonsale.com
timberlandlike.com
topabuy.com
torrent-finder.com
usaburberryscarf.com
usaoutlets.net

 

[070707]

Looks like a ton of counterfeit item sites.

 

[Pr0xyhub]

Big deal.

In all honesty they deserve to get shut down.

OMFG NET NUETRILITY IS COMEING!!!!

 

[.Hack]

all those sites were selling fake shit. it's like the china town of NY

 

[teamversion]

Ah, the Internet Wild West is slowly becoming history.

so, if history repeats itself, what came after the Wild West era?

was it civil war?

 

[PhillipMarlow]

Someone else posted this, but I thought it might need re-posting.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS-FoXbjVI]YouTube - America - Fuck Yeah![/ame]

 

[geomark]

Bed, Bath & Beyond? wtf

 

[guerilla]

so, if history repeats itself, what came after the Wild West era?

was it civil war?

The wild west is a hollywood fiction. The west wasn't very wild at all.

If you look at the billions of safe, honest transactions of information and money on the internet each day, it's hard to argue the internet is in a wild west phase.

The internet has spontaneous, emergent order.

Now come the legions of union employees and bureaucrats to crush it.

 

[smiranda]

Long live usenet...