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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Fwd: [E-B] EFF: Government Domain Name Seizures
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Subject: [IP] Fwd: [E-B] EFF: Government Domain Name Seizures Violate First
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> From: EFF Press <press@eff.org>
> Date: June 21, 2011 11:10:54 AM EDT
> To: presslist@eff.org
> Subject: [E-B] EFF: Government Domain Name Seizures Violate First Amendment
> Reply-To: press@eff.org
>
> Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release
>
> For Immediate Release: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
>
> Contact:
>
> Corynne McSherry
> Intellectual Property Director
> Electronic Frontier Foundation
> corynne@eff.org
> +1 415 436-9333 x122
>
> Matt Zimmerman
> Senior Staff Attorney
> Electronic Frontier Foundation
> mattz@eff.org
> +1 415 436-9333 x127
>
> Government Domain Name Seizures Violate First Amendment
>
> EFF Challenges Flawed Anti-Infringement Campaign in Amicus
> Brief
>
> San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
> urged a federal court to return two domain names seized in
> the U.S. government's fundamentally flawed
> anti-infringement campaign in an amicus brief filed Monday.
>
> "This misguided intellectual property enforcement effort is
> causing serious collateral damage to free speech rights,"
> said EFF Intellectual Property Director Corynne McSherry.
> "These domain seizures should cease unless and until the
> government can fix the First Amendment flaws inherent in
> the program."
>
> EFF's brief was filed in support of a petition from Puerto
> 80, the Spanish company behind popular sports streaming
> sites Rojadirecta.com and Rojadirecta.org, which were both
> seized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
> earlier this year, even though a Spanish court found they
> did not violate copyright law. Puerto 80 tried to work
> with ICE and other U.S. government authorities to resolve
> the matter without court involvement, but its efforts were
> unsuccessful.
>
> ICE began seizing domain names last year as part of
> "Operation in Our Sites," a government initiative to crack
> down on Internet piracy. ICE has seized 125 domains and
> redirects visitors of those sites to a banner notifying
> them that the domain name of that website has been seized
> by federal authorities.
>
> "Neither the government nor rightsholders should fear a
> copyright enforcement process that complies with the rule
> of law," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Matt Zimmerman.
> "Valid claims of copyright infringement can be pursued in a
> manner that allows the accused parties to defend
> themselves. The unilateral seizure of domain names without
> a court ruling -- which obstructs access to all of a
> website's content -- is improper and should be strongly
> opposed by free speech advocates everywhere."
>
> The Center for Democracy and Technology and Public
> Knowledge joined EFF's amicus brief. Jeffrey Neu and Luc
> Ulmet of the law firm Kuzas Neu serve as local counsel.
>
> For the full amicus brief:
> https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/puerto80_v_US/2011-06-20-rojadirecta.pdf
>
> For more on this case:
> https://www.eff.org/cases/puerto-80-v-us
>
> For this release:
> https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2011/06/20
>
> About EFF
>
> The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil
> liberties organization working to protect rights in the
> digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and
> challenges industry and government to support free
> expression and privacy online. EFF is a member-supported
> organization and maintains one of the most linked-to
> websites in the world at https://www.eff.org/
>
>
>
>
> -end-
>
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