Comments on: Official "This website seized by feds" graphic http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826893 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826893 Really want a T-Shirt? OK, here you go... http://www.cafepress.com/SEIZED_BY_FEDS Pretty good Captcha = teamwork televised Really want a T-Shirt?

OK, here you go…

http://www.cafepress.com/SEIZED_BY_FEDS

Pretty good Captcha = teamwork televised

]]> By: voiceinthedistance http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826133 voiceinthedistance Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826133 Don't mess with Big Bird. The NIPRCC means business! Or lack thereof. Sweet logo. A nice logo and emblem makes even ethnic cleansing or forced sterilization seem OK. I'd proudly display it on my sanitized site, if so honored. Don’t mess with Big Bird. The NIPRCC means business! Or lack thereof.

Sweet logo. A nice logo and emblem makes even ethnic cleansing or forced sterilization seem OK. I’d proudly display it on my sanitized site, if so honored.

]]> By: pereubu http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826139 pereubu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826139 I dunno, I'm getting a whiff of the odor of bullshit. Although there is an agency called the NIPRCC, it's part of the Department of Homeland Security, not DOJ. And it's website not only shows no official seal, but the motto is just a little too snarkily ironic for Fed law enforcement types. http://www.ice.gov/partners/cornerstone/ipr/index.htm I dunno, I’m getting a whiff of the odor of bullshit. Although there is an agency called the NIPRCC, it’s part of the Department of Homeland Security, not DOJ. And it’s website not only shows no official seal, but the motto is just a little too snarkily ironic for Fed law enforcement types.

http://www.ice.gov/partners/cornerstone/ipr/index.htm

]]> By: bersl2 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826142 bersl2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826142 Image makes me want to drop-kick something. Image makes me want to drop-kick something.

]]> By: BlueSong http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826148 BlueSong Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826148 Was really gutted when I saw this on TVShack yesterday as its one of the best streaming sites out there, however its come back online at http://tvshack.cc also Watch Movies is back as http://www.watch-movies-tv.info/ so alls well :) Was really gutted when I saw this on TVShack yesterday as its one of the best streaming sites out there, however its come back online at http://tvshack.cc also Watch Movies is back as http://www.watch-movies-tv.info/ so alls well :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826155 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826155 I'm seeding that graphic right now I’m seeding that graphic right now

]]> By: Razzabeth http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826159 Razzabeth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826159 Yes, it is real, and it's part of a huge story that, frankly, I am surprised that BoingBoing has not been covering. Link to news article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jwQ1KLdh2jwJK6a8QL3iv7fcWm1AD9GLS48G0 They invaded the homes of the people hosting these websites and confiscated all their computers and took all the money fro m their bank accounts. Even now they are being held and interrogated and probably having their rights completely stepped on. Please make it more public so that hopefully there will be an outcry and they can be with their families again. Don't you think a punishment should fit the crime? These guys didn't murder anyone, they just made BBC documentaries that were previously unavailable in the US available, and vice versa for US TV shows unavailable elsewhere. Ninjavideo was the best of these sites and they released a Manifesto which can be found here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UEROOBGG There is an impassioned audio version as well which is heartbreaking to listen to and inspiring at the same time. That and more can be found at ninjavideo's Facebook page which is here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/NinjaVideo/42215188567 They also have a legal fund which one can donate to if you are so inclined. Yes, it is real, and it’s part of a huge story that, frankly, I am surprised that BoingBoing has not been covering.

Link to news article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jwQ1KLdh2jwJK6a8QL3iv7fcWm1AD9GLS48G0

They invaded the homes of the people hosting these websites and confiscated all their computers and took all the money fro m their bank accounts. Even now they are being held and interrogated and probably having their rights completely stepped on. Please make it more public so that hopefully there will be an outcry and they can be with their families again. Don’t you think a punishment should fit the crime? These guys didn’t murder anyone, they just made BBC documentaries that were previously unavailable in the US available, and vice versa for US TV shows unavailable elsewhere.

Ninjavideo was the best of these sites and they released a Manifesto which can be found here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UEROOBGG
There is an impassioned audio version as well which is heartbreaking to listen to and inspiring at the same time. That and more can be found at ninjavideo’s Facebook page which is here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/NinjaVideo/42215188567

They also have a legal fund which one can donate to if you are so inclined.

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826415 mccrum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826415 I'm tempted to just put this in place of my website instead of what I've got there now, just to make my site seem edgier than it is. I’m tempted to just put this in place of my website instead of what I’ve got there now, just to make my site seem edgier than it is.

]]> By: hawkface http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826160 hawkface Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826160 I call bull. Has anyone checked the whois for some these domains, it is a private registration in China, or Brazil, or some no-name company. "This domain name has been seized" not likely, at least by the Gov't. My guess is that they have been hacked. Something like this happened a while ago. Besides, the logo in the center is not real, and if ICE seized something, they would one, have a warrant, and two, take the physical server. I call bull. Has anyone checked the whois for some these domains, it is a private registration in China, or Brazil, or some no-name company. “This domain name has been seized” not likely, at least by the Gov’t. My guess is that they have been hacked. Something like this happened a while ago. Besides, the logo in the center is not real, and if ICE seized something, they would one, have a warrant, and two, take the physical server.

]]> By: Razzabeth http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826165 Razzabeth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826165 Oops, didn't see that you already linked to the news article. Sorry my bad! Oops, didn’t see that you already linked to the news article. Sorry my bad!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826431 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826431 This was also posted on torrent freak a few days ago here http://torrentfreak.com/fed-busted-movie-site-informed-of-investigation-months-ago-100701/ This was also posted on torrent freak a few days ago here http://torrentfreak.com/fed-busted-movie-site-informed-of-investigation-months-ago-100701/

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826176 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826176 Did you not see the link to the Reuters news article, or do you think maybe they're in on the hoax? :-P Did you not see the link to the Reuters news article, or do you think maybe they’re in on the hoax? :-P

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826186 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826186 Shouldn't such a seized domain abide by section 508 ("agencies must give disabled employees and members of the public access to information that is comparable to the access available to others")? It totally doesn't at present, as it has all that information displayed in an image which lacks any kind of alternative text: "<center><img src="SiteSeizedNOTICE.JPG"></center>" (Classy centering technique, too. So 1997!) I hope someone sues... :D Shouldn’t such a seized domain abide by section 508 (“agencies must give disabled employees and members of the public access to information that is comparable to the access available to others”)? It totally doesn’t at present, as it has all that information displayed in an image which lacks any kind of alternative text: “
” (Classy centering technique, too. So 1997!)

I hope someone sues… :D

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-848974 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848974 What does homeland security and ice have to do with copyrighted material? Don't they have more important things to be doing? I might add that the Obama admin has been stepping up the rights of the FBI and allowing them to evesdrop on more more of our online dealings with little or no judicial involvement. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/07/28/general-us-fbi-internet-records_7806659.html What does homeland security and ice have to do with copyrighted material? Don’t they have more important things to be doing? I might add that the Obama admin has been stepping up the rights of the FBI and allowing them to evesdrop on more more of our online dealings with little or no judicial involvement.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/07/28/general-us-fbi-internet-records_7806659.html

]]> By: spcfgt http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826194 spcfgt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826194 Call bull all you want. This was a) Anticipated since the announcement by the Obama administration that services like this would be taken down b) Reported on by reputable sources who do their own fact checking c) THE IMAGE IS SHOWN AS AN AVAILABLE DOWNLOAD RIGHT FROM THE GOVERNMENT SITE http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/multimedia/archive/index.htm?top25=yes&year=all&month=all&state=all&topic=all ! So the logo is definitely real. You might want to do some fact checking before posting crap like that. Call bull all you want.

This was

a) Anticipated since the announcement by the Obama administration that services like this would be taken down
b) Reported on by reputable sources who do their own fact checking
c) THE IMAGE IS SHOWN AS AN AVAILABLE DOWNLOAD RIGHT FROM THE GOVERNMENT SITE http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/multimedia/archive/index.htm?top25=yes&year=all&month=all&state=all&topic=all !

So the logo is definitely real. You might want to do some fact checking before posting crap like that.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-949845 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-949845 Find a seized website’s new address or IP address at http://seizedserver.wordpress.com/ Find a seized website’s new address or IP address at http://seizedserver.wordpress.com/

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826200 timquinn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826200 Is it just a coincidence that this happened the same week that Hulu introduced Hulu+ to charge for the same content? Is it just a coincidence that this happened the same week that Hulu introduced Hulu+ to charge for the same content?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826202 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826202 The gubmint should be ashamed for creating an official "seized" page that isn't Section 508 compliant. The gubmint should be ashamed for creating an official “seized” page that isn’t Section 508 compliant.

]]> By: MaxEdRoom http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-838753 MaxEdRoom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-838753 I'm really surprised that this isn't being talked about more here. It involves Disney, copyright and the Department of Homeland Security. Am I missing this somewhere else on this site? I’m really surprised that this isn’t being talked about more here. It involves Disney, copyright and the Department of Homeland Security. Am I missing this somewhere else on this site?

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826215 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826215 SNORT SNORT

]]> By: hawkface http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826224 hawkface Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826224 @spcfgt You know what, I didn't see the news article, and I don't need to catch crap over an oversight, unless you've never made a mistake, lay off. I still think that this smells fishy. Check the whois for tvshack.net and IF the actual owner of the domain resides in the US, then ICE has full authority, with a warrant, to take property. @Felton No, I didn't, I'm blind :P @spcfgt You know what, I didn’t see the news article, and I don’t need to catch crap over an oversight, unless you’ve never made a mistake, lay off. I still think that this smells fishy. Check the whois for tvshack.net and IF the actual owner of the domain resides in the US, then ICE has full authority, with a warrant, to take property.

@Felton No, I didn’t, I’m blind :P

]]> By: Notary Sojac http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826488 Notary Sojac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826488 If the operator of a pirate site were also to be an illegal alien, would ICE exercise its arrest powers, or would that only happen in Arizona?? If the operator of a pirate site were also to be an illegal alien, would ICE exercise its arrest powers, or would that only happen in Arizona??

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-827001 querent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-827001 "Don't you think a punishment should fit the crime?" Seems to me our federal law enforcement agencies should have better things to do than protect the profits of the entertainment industry. (Except that america doesn't really produce anything else, I guess.) “Don’t you think a punishment should fit the crime?”

Seems to me our federal law enforcement agencies should have better things to do than protect the profits of the entertainment industry.

(Except that america doesn’t really produce anything else, I guess.)

]]> By: sheffeazy http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826235 sheffeazy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826235 I thought that it sounded fishy until I found this. http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1007/100702hollywood.htm This is a government overstepping its ground. I thought that it sounded fishy until I found this.

http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1007/100702hollywood.htm

This is a government overstepping its ground.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-833414 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833414 I want to be an ICE agent after seeing the ICE badge. It is so beautiful. I want to be an ICE agent after seeing the ICE badge. It is so beautiful.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-833419 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-833419 I know, this is like a week or two late but.. Totally fake. Not like its on ICE website... oh wait... http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1007/100702hollywood.htm I know, this is like a week or two late but.. Totally fake. Not like its on ICE website…
oh wait…
http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/1007/100702hollywood.htm

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826252 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826252 You guys criminalize any copyright infringements lately? If so - and I don't know, but I suspect you have - this new Government (that is, publicly-owned & funded, by you dear taxpayer) signage protecting the rights of propertied people (usually not you) is no surprise. It does give you, however, the "chapter and verse" of the Law they're using to stops you from doing what ya used to do, so's you can looks it up, if ya's feels so inclined. I myself decline to do so, as summer's short enough round hereabouts, without me burying my nose in musty foreign legal texts. But FWIW, that citation of rules by number is pretty typical of US govspeak legalese, IIRC. You guys criminalize any copyright infringements lately?
If so – and I don’t know, but I suspect you have – this new Government (that is, publicly-owned & funded, by you dear taxpayer) signage protecting the rights of propertied people (usually not you) is no surprise.
It does give you, however, the “chapter and verse” of the Law they’re using to stops you from doing what ya used to do, so’s you can looks it up, if ya’s feels so inclined. I myself decline to do so, as summer’s short enough round hereabouts, without me burying my nose in musty foreign legal texts.
But FWIW, that citation of rules by number is pretty typical of US govspeak legalese, IIRC.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-950927 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-950927 Bull? http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=18168&posts=1 http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20101127/tc_mashable/homeland_security_seizes_70_websites_for_copyright_and_trademark_violations Bull? http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=18168&posts=1

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mashable/20101127/tc_mashable/homeland_security_seizes_70_websites_for_copyright_and_trademark_violations

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826255 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826255 Hey - I am unfamiliar with American heraldry...what kind of bird is that? I recognize the eagles, but the center one has me stumped. Hey – I am unfamiliar with American heraldry…what kind of bird is that?
I recognize the eagles, but the center one has me stumped.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2010/07/05/official-this-websit.html#comment-826256 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-826256 Perhaps it's a pied corvid of some type? Perhaps it’s a pied corvid of some type?

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