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Re: FBI might shutdown the Internet on March 8

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 3:08 pm
by comathi
You might be right. I had not understood it that way :D

Re: FBI might shutdown the Internet on March 8

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 6:48 pm
by Vikhedgehog
Time to set up a windows 7 installation usb :D

Re: FBI might shutdown the Internet on March 8

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 10:04 pm
by Codex
comathi wrote:
Martin wrote:
comathi wrote:
No, I don't think they would be allowed to shut down the DNS servers. Although all DNS servers for .com websites are located in the US, they do not own them and therefore cannot control them more than any other country.
You said they dont own .com but then why did thepiratbay move to .se so usa could not shut them down?
Because thepiratebay is actually providing illegal content. The FBI would then have sort of a right to shut it down, and the DNS being in the US would just make it easier.
ThePirateBay does not hot illegal content, therefore they don't have the right to shut it down. All the content is hosted on the users computer, but thepiratebay only hosts trackers info and such.

Re: FBI might shutdown the Internet on March 8

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:19 am
by clanc789
Whereas the judge said that TBB was explicitly advertising to to users to download their torrents and they knew it was illegal.