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MegaUpload now set to relaunch as mega.co.nz
- After Kim Dotcom was denied the possibility of resurrecting MegaUpload as Me.ga, the controversial figure blasted the U.S. and Vivendi for their opposing views and global reach. Dotcom added that Mega was well-prepared for this contingency however, with a number of…
SOCA, FBI and DoJ take down 36 credit card fraud sites
- British police arrested three people and shut down 36 criminal-owned web domains on Friday, as part of a two year long international anti-fraud investigation by the UK's Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), the FBI and the US Department of…
U.S. says it can seize any .com domain, regardless of where it is registered
- The shutdown of online sports betting site bodog.com by U.S. law enforcement authorities last week certainly raised eyebrows throughout the web. Despite the site’s domain being registered in Canada, it was seized by authorities who went to the .com domain's…
No need for SOPA, VeriSign seizes bodog.com for US authorities
- The Department of Homeland Security has seized the domain of online gambling website bodog.com after the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland unsealed a two-part indictment Monday.
Two Firefox add-ons already bypass SOPA's domain censorship
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As resistance grows against the Stop Online Piracy Act, some activists are getting creative. If passed, the legislation would allow US Internet service providers to block access to offending domain names at the behest of Hollywood -- that's the gist of it, anyway...
Kaspersky leaves Business Software Alliance over SOPA
- Kaspersky has moved to distance itself from an industry trade group amid growing controversy over H.R. 3261, better known as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Introduced in late October, the bill would essentially allow the US government to censor…
Judge OKs private domain seizures, orders search engine filtering
- Chanel, a luxury goods company, has gone after roughly 700 websites thought to be selling counterfeit, Chanel-branded goods. As a result, a federal judge in Nevada has given the company authority to seize domains and has ordered search engines and…
Largest domain seizure yet affects counterfeiters, pirates
- Keeping with recent tradition, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Justice have initiated a sweeping crackdown on websites accused of selling counterfeit goods and pirated software. ICE had performed a similar operation last year, as…
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