Federal officials take down 132 websites in 'Cyber Monday' crackdown
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Re: Federal officials take down 132 websites in 'Cyber Monday' crackdown
#2Not sure what they achieved. Tomorrow the same people will register another 132 domain names and continue operating as usual.
Re: Federal officials take down 132 websites in 'Cyber Monday' crackdown
#3What about those folks who bought from these sites in the preceding days and weeks before this action was taken? Shouldn't sites be taken down as found, instead of waiting for a "special" day, if they allegedly violate laws.
Re: Federal officials take down 132 websites in 'Cyber Monday' crackdown
#4What about those folks who bought from these sites in the preceding days and weeks before this action was taken? Shouldn't sites be taken down as found, instead of waiting for a "special" day, if they allegedly violate laws.
They know full well that these take-downs are nothing but token gestures. That means two things: 1) theatrics are emphasized. Taking them all down at once is more theatrical. 2) If they take down sites weeks before a major shopping holiday, they will be back well before the holiday hits. They are doing the equivalent of spritzing febreeze around the apartment right before people come over to visit.
Re: Federal officials take down 132 websites in 'Cyber Monday' crackdown
#5Not sure what they achieved. Tomorrow the same people will register another 132 domain names and continue operating as usual.
But they're down today, on the (if you believe the hype) biggest online shopping day of the year.
Re: Federal officials take down 132 websites in 'Cyber Monday' crackdown
#6As part of the operation, federal law enforcement officers made undercover purchases of products such as sports jerseys, DVD players, clothing and jewelry from websites suspected of selling counterfeit products. If the copyright holders confirmed that the products were unauthorized, ICE obtained a court order to shut down the sites.
I am confused due to the way this is worded. Does this mean that sites selling second-hand, authentic goods (not counterfeit) could be taken down if the copyright-holder did not "authorize" the site to sell their goods?
Re: Federal officials take down 132 websites in 'Cyber Monday' crackdown
#7Be nice if they could pay a bit more attention to the things that matter to the little people, like fraud and spam.
Re: Federal officials take down 132 websites in 'Cyber Monday' crackdown
#8As part of the operation, federal law enforcement officers made undercover purchases of products such as sports jerseys, DVD players, clothing and jewelry from websites suspected of selling counterfeit products. If the copyright holders confirmed that the products were unauthorized, ICE obtained a court order to shut down the sites. I am confused due to the way this is worded. Does this mean that sites selling second…
I think it more reflects the nature of the modern apparel market: Companies like Nike and Puma frequently don't make their own products anymore; they license or contract other companies to manufacture products bearing their logo.
Re: Federal officials take down 132 websites in 'Cyber Monday' crackdown
#9If they have the ability to do this, then what would SOPA have bought them?
Re: Federal officials take down 132 websites in 'Cyber Monday' crackdown
#10As part of the operation, federal law enforcement officers made undercover purchases of products such as sports jerseys, DVD players, clothing and jewelry from websites suspected of selling counterfeit products. If the copyright holders confirmed that the products were unauthorized, ICE obtained a court order to shut down the sites. I am confused due to the way this is worded. Does this mean that sites selling second…
Potentially there's a thing about "grey market" - eg a supermarket (Tesco) in the UK buying Levi Jeans from a different region and selling them cheap in the UK.
(http://www.out-law.com/page-2814)
I'm not sure what the state of the law is now.
But I think it's just bulk pirated goods. Many t-shirts with fake labels stitched on or look-alike handbags sold as real brands etc.