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I disagree, using this as an example of what can happen under SOPA is useful. It shows a real-world example NOW of what can happen in the future. The situation

by talmand 15y ago

I disagree, using this as an example of what can happen under SOPA is useful. It shows a real-world example NOW of what can happen in the future. The situation is different but close enough, a third-party decided they didn't like his content and somebody took steps to remove his domain from the Internet, even though no one involved had absolutely anything to do with the content on the domain in the first place.

glombus 15y ago
I agree. It's good to have real world examples so people can see what can happen under SOPA, but I feel with or without SOPA, DNS providers and hosts are going to make stupid mistakes. I do feel that this sort of blanket "we're shutting you down without contacting you" approach is very scary and frustrating, and I think we all fear it could be very common place with SOPA. Bluehost should not have done anything to his domains without contacting him. I also feel that maybe real-world examples of servers and domains being seized by the government, justified or not, might be more appropriate. Especially when the domains and hardware seized were due to potential copyright infringements and not overly-stringent spam rules. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/wyden-domain-seizure/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/wyden-domain-seizur... http://torrentfreak.com/feds-return-seized-domain-111208/ http://torrentfreak.com/feds-return-seized-domain-111208/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/domain-seizures-defended/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/domain-seizures-def... http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/25/doj.ice.seize.131.domains.thanks.to.sopa.bill/ http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/25/doj.ice.seize....

by talmand 15y ago

glombus 15y ago

I agree. It's good to have real world examples so people can see what can happen under SOPA, but I feel with or without SOPA, DNS providers and hosts are going to make stupid mistakes. I do feel that this sort of blanket "we're shutting you down without contacting you" approach is very scary and frustrating, and I think we all fear it could be very common place with SOPA. Bluehost should not have done anything to his domains without contacting him. I also feel that maybe real-world examples of servers and domains being seized by the government, justified or not, might be more appropriate. Especially when the domains and hardware seized were due to potential copyright infringements and not overly-stringent spam rules. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/wyden-domain-seizure/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/wyden-domain-seizur... http://torrentfreak.com/feds-return-seized-domain-111208/ http://torrentfreak.com/feds-return-seized-domain-111208/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/domain-seizures-defended/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29 http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/domain-seizures-def... http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/25/doj.ice.seize.131.domains.thanks.to.sopa.bill/ http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/25/doj.ice.seize....