“The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seizing domains and taking down URLs in the name of copyright infringement, but its tactics are worrying certain members of Congress. One case exemplifies a situation where Homeland Security got it wrong. Over a year ago, the government took down a hip-hop Web site owned by a man who goes by Dajaz1 on the basis that it linked to copyrighted songs. However, the links didn’t actually infringe on copyrights.”
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57505318-93/homeland-securitys-domain-seizures-worries-congress/
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