Index on Censorship » ICE http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » ICE http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org US will prosecute Brits who pirate US-based media http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/07/us-will-prosecute-brits-who-pirate-us-based-media/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/07/us-will-prosecute-brits-who-pirate-us-based-media/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:58:21 +0000 Index on Censorship http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=24574 The US’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) is shutting down websites based abroad that break US copyrights and and prosecuting their owners. Even if the server is not based in the US, so long as the website’s address ends in .com or .net, it can be closed down or targeted for prosecution because their connections run through [...]

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]]> shutting down websites based abroad that break US copyrights and and prosecuting their owners. Even if the server is not based in the US, so long as the website’s address ends in .com or .net, it can be closed down or targeted for prosecution because their connections run through Verisign, a company based in Virginia. British student, Richard O’Dwyer, ran the website TVShack, which gave links to other sites that offered pirated downloads. He now faces extradition to and prosecution in the US.

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