[SGVLUG] FBI says pirated Android apps a "top priority, " seizes three domains

[matti]

Interesting on how easy it seems a government agency
can basically take a business off line:


FBI says pirated Android apps a "top priority," seizes three domains

"These sites may well be infringing, but the process behind the seizures remains troubling. Under the terms of the 2008 PRO-IP Act, the government has to convince a judge, in a one-sided hearing, that the domain is "used, or intended to be used" for copyright infringement. If the judge agrees, the domain name can be seized. Once a domain is seized, the site owner can object, but it can take months or even years to get meaningful judicial review. In one case, the government stonewalled for a year before admitting it had erred in seizing the domain of a hip hop blog. In another case, the owner of a Spanish link site is still fighting in court 18 months after its domain was seized by the feds."

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/08/fbi-says-pirated-android-apps-a-top-priority-seizes-three-domains/