April 12th, 2011 at 7:30PM
In the latest case, upon returning from a conference in Europe by flying into Houston, Appelbaum again asked his detainers why he was being detained, and was once again not given a straight answer. He knows that there’s something on the screen that they pull up on their computers, but they refuse to provide him with any info. This time, they even went so far as to redefine detainment, telling him that he wasn’t being detained, but that he just couldn’t go until they were done with him. Perhaps he should send Homeland Security a copy of a dictionary with the definition of “detained” highlighted. — ICE Redefines Detainment For Wikileaks Helper: You’re Not Being Detained, You Just Can’t Leave | Techdirt - these are the rights people are giving up but generally have no idea. I really hope people can awaken to that this is a big bipartisan political issue.
21 notes Source: techdirt.com #rights#4th amendment#detainment#we say it's not detainment#we make up the laws#these aren't the laws on the books#unlawful detainment#joel applebaum#tsa#security#ICE#techdirt#assange
March 4th, 2011 at 7:32PM
Rep. Lofgren Challenges IP Czar On Legality Of Domain Seizures | Techdirt

Looks like Zoe Lofgren is pulling an Al Franken in a good way. Note how ICE dances the issue with Espinel. What a liar! Look at how she avoids every part of the conversation and fails to address the representative’s questions.
#victoria espinel#ip czar#lies#lofgren challenges#due process#first amendment#ice#seizures#techdirt
March 4th, 2011 at 12:19PM
criminal copyright infringement — Feds’ Campaign Against Pirate Websites Leads To An Arrest | paidContent - what the fuck is this? There is no criminal statute for copyright infringement. Lawyers? 
1 note Source: paidcontent.org #copyright infringement#civil not criminal#paidcontent#joemullin#something wrong here#ice#bryan mccarthy#channelsurfing
February 21st, 2011 at 1:24PM
So, it’s finally come clean and admitted they seized all of mooo.com, despite the vast majority of it being legal. — ICE Finally Admits It Totally Screwed Up; Next Time, Perhaps It’ll Try Due Process | Techdirt - Yup, ICE doesn’t want to admit that they’ve broken the law bigtime. All of these domain seizures are blatantly illegal.
Source: techdirt.com #sunshine#domain seizures#due process#first amendment#homeland security#ice#mistakes#moo.com#prior restraint#techdirt#admittal
February 16th, 2011 at 7:30PM
Once Again, Why Homeland Security's Domain Name Seizures Are Almost Certainly Not Legal | Techdirt

And yet here again we have another example: overreaching laws stretched beyond anything that would hold up in the legal system. Homeland security saying seizing domain names is legal (but it’s not).
#homeland security#ice#legality#seizures#censorship#17 usc 506#law breaking#first amendment#karl rove#willful infringement#us vs 37 photographs#arcara vs cloud books#censorship
February 3rd, 2011 at 1:25PM
Senator Wyden Asks WTF Is Up With Homeland Security Domain Seizures | Techdirt

yup, senator wyden is a smart guy and is doing the right thing. let’s hope he gets some more traction. sad thing is that other politicians will probably try to take credit for his good deeds.
1 note #senator ron wyden#ron wyden#homeland security#ice#john morton#operation in our sites#eric holder#dhs#coica#copyright#domain seizures#dmca#illegal government actions#techdirt#oversight
February 1st, 2011 at 10:15AM
U.S. Resume Controversial File-Sharing Domain Seizures | TorrentFreak

wow. the the fuck is wrong with our country. I no longer want to live here. We’re making an end run around the legal system just to pander to corporate interests? What a joke.
11 notes #government#end run around the legal system#ice#doj#rojadirecta#torrentfreak#censorship#first amendment violation#white house idiocy#bad press#bad us press#bringing down our own society one mistake at a time
January 5th, 2011 at 10:30AM
Chinese Crackdown On Porn Websites Sounds Like US Crackdown On Allegedly 'Infringing' Websites | Techdirt

finally, people are paying attention to that US and chinese censorship are…guess what? Both censorship and done in the same ways.

Remember to thank the DHS for bringing chinese style anti-circumvention to the table. 
#dhs#security#us#copyright#free speech#porn#china#crackdown#dissidents#ice#john morton
December 1st, 2010 at 2:38PM
As for due process, Barnett apparently doesn’t care, and pretends that due process is basically ICE says you’re guilty, so you are: — Homeland Security Admits That It’s The Private Police Force Of The Entertainment Industry | Techdirt - your taxpayer dollars at work, folks. This is why IP abuse is such a big deal.
Source: techdirt.com #ip#ip abuse#techdirt#ice#due process#unconstitutional
November 30th, 2010 at 1:24PM
The farther prosecutors push the forfeiture statute, the bigger the risk that courts or Congress will someday step in to pull them back. — Homeland Security’s Domain Name Seizure May Stretch The Law Past The Breaking Point | Techdirt - lastly, this. Basically domain name seizure and server seizure are about to be hit back by the legal system, bigtime.
Source: techdirt.com #legal#law#seizures#homeland security#ice#domain seizure#techdirt