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This is just absolutely insane: A hip-hop music site’s domain name was seized for a year and given back three weeks ago ... The site’s lawyer says the MP3s lis

This is just absolutely insane: A hip-hop music site’s domain name was seized for a year and given back three weeks ago ... The site’s lawyer says the MP3s listed in the seizure order had been sent to the site by the labels themselves, seeking publicity.

joshuahedlund 15y ago
Yes. The Wired article doesn't give many details, but TechDirt did a big angry write-up about the event, making it seem even more insane: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111208/08225217010/breaking-news-feds-falsely-censor-popular-blog-over-year-deny-all-due-process-hide-all-details.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111208/08225217010/breaki... There was actually another Wired article a few weeks ago with more details about the site and events as well: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/wyden-domain-seizure/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/wyden-domain-seizur... (It mentions that some of the files were legitimate, which implies by omission that some of the files were illegitimate, but that doesn't negate the fact that due process was severely abused, among other things, and that even if there had been no illegitimate files the exact same thing still could have and probably would have happened. And this is all without SOPA or PIPA...)