[Web4lib] [Publib] Seizure of Domains by DHS

[Ruschau]

 Does anyone know if this the same type of actions that the government took in the past with regard to the music industry and sites that offered illegal downloads?

Marjorie Ruschau

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Diedre Conkling <diedre08 at gmail.com>
To: web4lib at webjunction.org; publib at webjunction.org
Sent: Sun, Nov 28, 2010 4:34 am
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] [Publib] Seizure of Domains by DHS


This was being talked about in several places on Friday.  I first say this

article on Mashable:

http://mashable.com/2010/11/26/torrent-finder/.<http://mashable.com/2010/11/26/torrent-finder/>

I wonder why a warrant or some warning is not needed on the Internet when it

is required for everything else that is not an emergency situation.







On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Robert L. Balliot <

rballiot at oceanstatelibrarian.com> wrote:



>

> I read where the Department of Homeland Security was seizing domain names

> that are allegedly engaged in nefariously activities such as copyright

> infringement. Your patrons / employees / researchers may come across these

> seized sites in the near future and get a warning.

>

> One of the sites affected is :  http://borntrade.com

>

> Clicking on the link leads to a graphic warning by DOJ and DHS.

>

> Traffic to the site is being monitored by Google Analytics:

>

>  var _gaq = _gaq || [];

>  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-19806388-1']);

>  _gaq.push(['_setDomainName', 'none']);

>  _gaq.push(['_setAllowLinker', false]);

>  _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

>

>  (function() {

>    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript';

> ga.async = true;

>    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' :

> 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';

>    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];

> s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);

>  })();

>

> I like the tracking ability of Google Analytics. But, it seems to me that

> something as sensitive as monitoring traffic where illegal activities may

> be

> involved should be an internal system managed by DHS or DOJ rather than a

> corporate tracking service.

>

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