Wait, what?

[+Gr.Viper]

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???

[+MigBuster]

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