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Subject:    FC: Federal police adopt new tactic: Seizing domain names
From:       Declan McCullagh <declan () well ! com>
Date:       2003-02-27 4:42:18
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The DOJ's release:
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2003/February/03_crm_118.htm

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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-986225.html

    Feds seizing domain names
    By Declan McCullagh
    February 26, 2003, 8:10 PM PT

    WASHINGTON--Federal police have adopted a novel crime-fighting tactic:
    Seizing control of domain names for Web sites that allegedly violate
    the law.

    Attorney General John Ashcroft said Monday that the domain names for
    several Web sites allegedly set up to sell illegal "drug
    paraphernalia" would be pointed at servers located at the Drug
    Enforcement Administration. A federal judge in Pittsburgh granted the
    U.S. Department of Justice permission to do so until a trial can take
    place, the government said.

    Wednesday afternoon, the DOJ said it had taken over the iSoNews.com
    domain, whose owner pleaded guilty to felony copyright crimes under
    the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). David
    Rocci, 22, pleaded guilty in December to using his site to sell "mod"
    chips that let Microsoft Xbox and Sony PlayStation owners modify their
    devices so they can use them to play illegally copied games, or
    "warez."

    [...]




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