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by fffggg 5036 days ago
It's much, much worse than what you describe. They are seizing domains based on the preference of a private entity. There is no allegation of criminal infringement against dajaz1.com -- not even a little bit.

This is not an issue of harassing minor offenders, this is an issue of harassing those who have not offended in the slightest. Who are guilty of nothing more than saying something (in the form of links) which the RIAA does not wish to hear.
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GFischer 5036 days ago
I remember having heard about dajaz, yes.

Rojadirecta is an interesting case, in that they were infringing on copyright, but they were found legal in Spain (different legislation), so the U.S. government seized the .com and .org anyways.

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dalke 5036 days ago
They were not infringing on copyright. That is, the US Justice Department and Immigrations and Custom Enforcement - after 20 months - dropped the case.

There was no trial, no judgement, not even a settlement with a "fine but with no admittance of guilt." There was nothing.

So, how are you sure that they were infringing on copyright?

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