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thewayneI can't say it any better than the Wired article puts it:
The Department of Homeland Security has requested that Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser, remove an add-on that allows web surfers to access websites whose domain names were seized by the government for copyright infringement, Mozilla’s lawyer said Thursday.
But Mozilla did not remove the MafiaaFire add-on, and instead has demanded the government explain why it should. Two weeks have passed, and the government has not responded to Mozilla’s questions, including whether the government considers the add-on unlawful and whether Mozilla is “legally obligated” to remove it. The DHS has also not provided the organization with a court order requiring its removal, the lawyer said.
The add-on in question redirects traffic from seized domains to other domains outside the United States’ reach. Since last year, the U.S. government has seized at least 120 domains in an antipiracy assault known as “Operation in Our Sites.” The domains are taken under the same federal statute used to seize drug houses.
If the government doesn't want me to have something, then I want it all the more. DownloadCount++, it's up to over 8000.
A government by the media, for the media, and of the media.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/firefox-add-on-redirect/
http://lockshot.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/homeland-security-request-to-take-down-mafiaafire-add-on/
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/05/2147225/DHS-Wants-Mozilla-To-Disable-Mafiaafire-Plugin-Mozilla-Resists
AND there's already been a fork of the MafiaaFire addin called Fireice:
https://addons.mozilla.org/da/firefox/addon/fireice/
Cory Doctrow wrote about DHS's Operation in Our Sites:
http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/mafiaa-fire-a-firefo.html
The Department of Homeland Security has requested that Mozilla, the maker of the Firefox browser, remove an add-on that allows web surfers to access websites whose domain names were seized by the government for copyright infringement, Mozilla’s lawyer said Thursday.
But Mozilla did not remove the MafiaaFire add-on, and instead has demanded the government explain why it should. Two weeks have passed, and the government has not responded to Mozilla’s questions, including whether the government considers the add-on unlawful and whether Mozilla is “legally obligated” to remove it. The DHS has also not provided the organization with a court order requiring its removal, the lawyer said.
The add-on in question redirects traffic from seized domains to other domains outside the United States’ reach. Since last year, the U.S. government has seized at least 120 domains in an antipiracy assault known as “Operation in Our Sites.” The domains are taken under the same federal statute used to seize drug houses.
If the government doesn't want me to have something, then I want it all the more. DownloadCount++, it's up to over 8000.
A government by the media, for the media, and of the media.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/firefox-add-on-redirect/
http://lockshot.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/homeland-security-request-to-take-down-mafiaafire-add-on/
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/05/05/2147225/DHS-Wants-Mozilla-To-Disable-Mafiaafire-Plugin-Mozilla-Resists
AND there's already been a fork of the MafiaaFire addin called Fireice:
https://addons.mozilla.org/da/firefox/addon/fireice/
Cory Doctrow wrote about DHS's Operation in Our Sites:
http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/mafiaa-fire-a-firefo.html
