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Streaming Sites Seized

Starbreaker

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Well, the government ain't playin' no more.

Some division of ICE has seized several domain name that were very popular worldwide for streaming sports, movies, and news.

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You can check out the notice at the link. They took down several sites just in time for the Super Bowl. I watched all the Bears games and the MLB network on here, so I'm a little disappointed. Back to legality reality!
 
So glad our government is focusing on the really important things, while skilled, college-educated professionals who can't find a job in this fucking country are living in their cars.
 
So glad our government is focusing on the really important things, while skilled, college-educated professionals who can't find a job in this fucking country are living in their cars.

We gotta get those priorities traight.


I've seen probably two dozen or more people living in their car, including a couple and their small dog, and another guy with his dog.
 
So glad our government is focusing on the really important things, while skilled, college-educated professionals who can't find a job in this fucking country are living in their cars.

We gotta get those priorities traight.


I've seen probably two dozen or more people living in their car, including a couple and their small dog, and another guy with his dog.

Except you'll find the driving force behind it isn't the U.S government - it's groups like the RIAA and the MPAA who are using the government to push their agenda.
 
Without research, woudln't it be though? It's not like the government is going to go after these people unless they screw the government out of money personally some way, or could be taxed in some way, or regulated in some new way, and ignored.

I can't see though that I mind.

I'm suddenly reminded of a scene from "Family Guy" where Peter is about to tape a sports game off TV and the FBI bursts threw the door with guns drawn, saying (paraphrasing from memory):

"FBI Agent: "Do you have the expressed written permission of both ABC and the NFL?"
Peter: Sheepishly holds up a ote, "Just ABC..."

BAM! BAM! BAM! They shoot up his TV.
 
Without research, woudln't it be though? It's not like the government is going to go after these people unless they screw the government out of money personally some way, or could be taxed in some way, or regulated in some new way, and ignored.

I can't see though that I mind.

I'm suddenly reminded of a scene from "Family Guy" where Peter is about to tape a sports game off TV and the FBI bursts threw the door with guns drawn, saying (paraphrasing from memory):

"FBI Agent: "Do you have the expressed written permission of both ABC and the NFL?"
Peter: Sheepishly holds up a ote, "Just ABC..."

BAM! BAM! BAM! They shoot up his TV.

How you about you doing some research and find out just who's involved.

You can start with Slashdot.

http://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=ICE

It's about going after sites that are accused of breaching copyright.

Breach of copyright is a civil matter so it's not up to the governement to start action.

It is as I said being driven by the private sector.

"Operation In Our Sites, a US initiative to crack down on websites related to online copyright infringement, appears to be ongoing. Rojadirecta is a site that links to (but does not host) broadcasts of major sporting events, including soccer matches. It is highly popular in Spain, where it has prevailed twice in court after its legal status was challenged. However, US authorities have now seized the .org domain of the website without notifying the site's owner or its web host, GoDaddy. Rojadirecta can still be accessed through .com, .es, .me, and .in domains, which are not controlled by the US, but rojadirecta.org currently redirects to th
 
Stop assuming -- I DID know. I never made a comment suggesting otherwise.
I did make a joke, the FG reference, to how they do seem to waste their time in ridiculous enforcement. The MPAA (or was it some other organization?) have been trying to stop people from illegal recording/viewing in every format. Uproar over VCR's, similar anger or recording DVD players, and now sites, since they can't stop each person from using their computer to illegall record of view, though if they had their way they would!


And no, I won't be doing research because I have dick in hte way of interest.
 
This has been happening as the OP stated for a while now, this really began with the whole Napster thing. Livewire was shut down, all kinds of streaming and file sharing sites are being seized and shut down.
 
Didn't really work. It took me all of 5 minutes to find 5-10 streams from multiple sources. Some HD, some SD.
 
So glad our government is focusing on the really important things, while skilled, college-educated professionals who can't find a job in this fucking country are living in their cars.

I have to say I don't understand this response. It is like people who get pulled over for speeding and ask the cop "Why aren't you catching a real criminal?" The answer, of course, is that if the speeding laws weren't enforced they wouldn't be obeyed and a very dangerous situation would arise.

There are agencies that already exist and are budgeted to carry out enforcement of copyright laws. I really don't see what that has to do with unemployment. OTOH, there is no question that copyright infringement has caused the loss of US jobs, the only debate is about how many.

--Justin
 
Without research, woudln't it be though? It's not like the government is going to go after these people unless they screw the government out of money personally some way, or could be taxed in some way, or regulated in some new way, and ignored.

I can't see though that I mind.

I'm suddenly reminded of a scene from "Family Guy" where Peter is about to tape a sports game off TV and the FBI bursts threw the door with guns drawn, saying (paraphrasing from memory):

"FBI Agent: "Do you have the expressed written permission of both ABC and the NFL?"
Peter: Sheepishly holds up a ote, "Just ABC..."

BAM! BAM! BAM! They shoot up his TV.

It's the tax revenues. Gubmint gets pretty annoyed if they think that they're not getting tax revenues that they should be getting. They don't want people stealing things for free when they could be buying them and paying part of that in taxes. Damn gubmint is broke, haven't you heard? :rommie:

This is just one of many things I've been seeing from both the state and Federal government that show they are scrambling for every last penny. It goes way way beyond just the issue of illegal downloads.

OTOH, there is no question that copyright infringement has caused the loss of US jobs, the only debate is about how many.

And those people who do not have jobs are not paying TAXES! And the fact that no money is changing hands in people buying or renting the stolen content means no SALES TAXES!!! Gubmint is MAD!!!!

Do not get in between gubmint and their taxes. They are not very nice when scrambling for their loot.
 
Without research, woudln't it be though? It's not like the government is going to go after these people unless they screw the government out of money personally some way, or could be taxed in some way, or regulated in some new way, and ignored.

I can't see though that I mind.

I'm suddenly reminded of a scene from "Family Guy" where Peter is about to tape a sports game off TV and the FBI bursts threw the door with guns drawn, saying (paraphrasing from memory):

"FBI Agent: "Do you have the expressed written permission of both ABC and the NFL?"
Peter: Sheepishly holds up a ote, "Just ABC..."

BAM! BAM! BAM! They shoot up his TV.

It's the tax revenues. Gubmint gets pretty annoyed if they think that they're not getting tax revenues that they should be getting. They don't want people stealing things for free when they could be buying them and paying part of that in taxes. Damn gubmint is broke, haven't you heard? :rommie:

This is just one of many things I've been seeing from both the state and Federal government that show they are scrambling for every last penny. It goes way way beyond just the issue of illegal downloads.

OTOH, there is no question that copyright infringement has caused the loss of US jobs, the only debate is about how many.
And those people who do not have jobs are not paying TAXES! And the fact that no money is changing hands in people buying or renting the stolen content means no SALES TAXES!!! Gubmint is MAD!!!!

Do not get in between gubmint and their taxes. They are not very nice when scrambling for their loot.

this is not about government tax revenue.
 
So glad our government is focusing on the really important things, while skilled, college-educated professionals who can't find a job in this fucking country are living in their cars.

I have to say I don't understand this response. It is like people who get pulled over for speeding and ask the cop "Why aren't you catching a real criminal?" The answer, of course, is that if the speeding laws weren't enforced they wouldn't be obeyed and a very dangerous situation would arise.

There are agencies that already exist and are budgeted to carry out enforcement of copyright laws. I really don't see what that has to do with unemployment. OTOH, there is no question that copyright infringement has caused the loss of US jobs, the only debate is about how many.

--Justin

While I'm saddened at this crackdown, I tend to agree. At the very least, that to say this is being done while people are unemployed is a non-sequitur.

That being said, it does suck for those who follow sports teams that aren't in the area. It's very rare to be able to watch their games on TV.
 
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