Re: U.S. ludicrousness of seizing domains could lead to global Internet war

On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:08:23 +0200 (CEST), Dave U. Random wrote:

> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20020408-38.html
>
> U.S. lawmakers plan to abuse the fact that some of the Internet's most
> important root servers still reside there. They're now attempting to
> kick sites, such as The Pirate Bay and Wikileaks off the Internet by
> revoking their top level domain DNS lookup directory listings. In the
> end it won't matter a bit since these sites will simply switch to a
> foreign domain (such as Sweden) which isn't controlled by the U.S., but
> this madness will seriously damage the U.S' credibility in the rest of
> the world. Many nations will accuse the U.S. of censorship and thereby
> justifying their own censorship and repression.

Isn't this some ****. Who said Big Business doesn't drive Democrats?
--
´If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of
men, I will find something in them which will hang him.¡ ~Cardinal
Richelieu

John Corliss also seizes ACF periodically. He is subjected now to
denigration by the Resistance.