Thread: Websites seized/closed for Copyright
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Old 11-30-2010, 05:10 AM   #28
murraypaul
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Originally Posted by mikemc2 View Post
I don't find this the least bit impressive. What gives the government the right to seize a domain that neither hosts copyrighted files nor operates a torrent tracker? They seized a search engine. Google.com can be used to find torrents why not seize that too? Oh that's right, Google has hordes of cash to spend on lawmakers. And Homeland Security? "If you buy fake Prada bags the terrorists have won!" Another heartwarming example of government Of The Lawyers, By The Lobbyists, For The Corporations.
Google is by far the biggest copyright infringer on the planet. Scraping portions of other peoples' web sites, ditto with images, 99% of what is on YouTube, the books project,...
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