Gr.Viper 131 Posted November 28, 2010 Observe the US power to seize domain names located on its territory! http://www.osnews.com/story/24074/US_Government_Censors_70_Websites For a first stike it's almost perfect. The list is posted at the first link of the article. A single torrent search engine out of many, and a pack of bootleg goods dealers. No one cares. But now they have a precedent and might use it to remove stuff from the Internets as they see fit. That's not even using freshly passed COICA, which allows them to block a website from DNS at will. Guys, what's going on out there??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigBuster 2,884 Posted November 28, 2010 (edited) You can bring up the notice by going to one http://icqshoes.com/ There is nothing to say where those sites actually were now the names all point back to the same server - so not much to go on. Bottom line is - whoever is in control of the Internet infrastructure will want to excert some level of control over it (now they know what it is)! Moving to a decentralised structure where countries own governments control it means more or less control (look at Chinas efforts for example) - people might have a lot more to moan about. The extra control was inevitable especially due to the amount of trade and commerce now done over it - the days where people can do what they like regardless of morals or values could be on their way out - particularly where it interferes with economic or security interests. As for the future of the net - its up to them it seems. Edited November 28, 2010 by MigBuster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
