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Kodi Domain Seized by ICE – Homeland Security Investigations

28 points by naglis 10y ago

pr0ph3t 10y ago
April Fools'
- naglis 10y ago
  Heh, got me good.
thehodge 10y ago
and so it begins, the April fools jokes I mean (and also the further crack down on pirated consumption)
- tracker1 10y ago
  I hope that this is an April fools joke... I'm not sure that it's even funny in any light.
hartator 10y ago
I don't want to be this guy, but it doesn't look like an April fool joke to me. ICE does seize domains for counterfeit merchandiss. [1] Also Kodi has done a lot of job to distance itself from things like that by being a non-profit foundation, being open-source, not furnishing any pirated content directly on their site, etc. [2] It will be very odd way to communicate like this for a project that seems to aim maintaining a low profile a top priority. [1] https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-international-law-enforcement-agencies-seize-706-domain-names-selling-counterfeit https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-international-law-enfo... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodi_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodi_(software)
- nthitz 10y ago
  Looking at the page source code you see a google analytics tracker of `UA-3066672-1`. Quick google search shows that that ID has been associated with Kodi for some time. Probably unlikely that ICE would retain the original analytics code.
  - zbuttram 10y ago
    Looks like it might be injected by CloudFlare though, judging by the rest of the `<head>`. Does ICE change DNS for seizures?
    - nthitz 10y ago
      fwiw http://ninjavideo.net/ http://ninjavideo.net/ & http://rockdizfile.com/ http://rockdizfile.com/ are examples of previous ICE takedowns
      - hartator 10y ago
        Lol, it's interesting that fake takedown pages are better engineered than real ones.
- SippinLean 10y ago
  There was originally a rickroll link in the text
arma26 10y ago
april fools domain: kodi.tv reg_created: 2014-05-29 19:59:29 expires: 2019-05-29 19:59:29 created: 2014-05-29 21:59:29 changed: 2016-02-17 17:16:34 transfer-prohibited: yes ns0: jo.ns.cloudflare.com ns1: toby.ns.cloudflare.com owner-c: nic-hdl: CF3454-GANDI owner-name: XBMC Foundation organisation: XBMC Foundation person: Team XBMC address: '340 S LEMON AVE #7222' zipcode: 91789 city: WALNUT state: California country: United States of America phone: +1.6784943762 fax: ~ email: email@contact.gandi.net lastupdated: 2015-08-07 16:02:15
nom 10y ago
Wow, for an april fools joke they really went all in. None of their content is reachable - all that's left is the seizure notice. Now that's what I call dedication!

28 points by naglis 10y ago

pr0ph3t 10y ago

April Fools'

naglis 10y ago
Heh, got me good.

thehodge 10y ago

and so it begins, the April fools jokes I mean (and also the further crack down on pirated consumption)

tracker1 10y ago
I hope that this is an April fools joke... I'm not sure that it's even funny in any light.

hartator 10y ago

I don't want to be this guy, but it doesn't look like an April fool joke to me. ICE does seize domains for counterfeit merchandiss. [1] Also Kodi has done a lot of job to distance itself from things like that by being a non-profit foundation, being open-source, not furnishing any pirated content directly on their site, etc. [2] It will be very odd way to communicate like this for a project that seems to aim maintaining a low profile a top priority. [1] https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-international-law-enforcement-agencies-seize-706-domain-names-selling-counterfeit https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-international-law-enfo... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodi_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodi_(software)

nthitz 10y ago
Looking at the page source code you see a google analytics tracker of `UA-3066672-1`. Quick google search shows that that ID has been associated with Kodi for some time. Probably unlikely that ICE would retain the original analytics code.
- zbuttram 10y ago
  Looks like it might be injected by CloudFlare though, judging by the rest of the `<head>`. Does ICE change DNS for seizures?
  - nthitz 10y ago
    fwiw http://ninjavideo.net/ http://ninjavideo.net/ & http://rockdizfile.com/ http://rockdizfile.com/ are examples of previous ICE takedowns
    - hartator 10y ago
      Lol, it's interesting that fake takedown pages are better engineered than real ones.
SippinLean 10y ago
There was originally a rickroll link in the text

arma26 10y ago

april fools domain: kodi.tv reg_created: 2014-05-29 19:59:29 expires: 2019-05-29 19:59:29 created: 2014-05-29 21:59:29 changed: 2016-02-17 17:16:34 transfer-prohibited: yes ns0: jo.ns.cloudflare.com ns1: toby.ns.cloudflare.com owner-c: nic-hdl: CF3454-GANDI owner-name: XBMC Foundation organisation: XBMC Foundation person: Team XBMC address: '340 S LEMON AVE #7222' zipcode: 91789 city: WALNUT state: California country: United States of America phone: +1.6784943762 fax: ~ email: email@contact.gandi.net lastupdated: 2015-08-07 16:02:15

nom 10y ago

Wow, for an april fools joke they really went all in. None of their content is reachable - all that's left is the seizure notice. Now that's what I call dedication!