The new practice of U.S. authorities to combat against the infringement of the copyright concerned about the senate. In a letter dated Wednesday, February 2, Ron Wyden, Democratic senator from Oregon, asked to clarify a method increasingly used by the Department of Homeland Security: the seizure of Internet domain names.
Since June 2010, the Obama administration conducting an operation "In Our Sites", which refers to both the fight against counterfeit pharmaceuticals and illegal downloading of music or video files. At the end of November, about 70 domain names, essentially sharing directories of music files had been "seized." Now, when a user tries to connect for example a site like Torrent Finder, it falls on a message from U.S.
authorities. "Any deliberate breach of copyright is a federal crime that exposes offenders to five years imprisonment and a fine of $ 250 000 [189 000]," warns the Department of Homeland Security. SEIZED IN AREAS HUNDRED NINE MONTHS after specialized sites such as Torrent Freak, new sports venues involve seizures, who were preparing to broadcast live streaming and the Superbowl, the championship game of American football, which takes place Sunday.
"If the operation 'In Our sites' must go on, the Obama administration, should at least provide details on the types of sites that are targeted," joked Senator Wyden, who sends a series of questions to the responsible Customs and the Department of Justice. In total, nearly one hundred Internet domain names have been seized over the past nine months.
The senator also criticized the disproportionate measures employed. By law the Digital MillenniumCopyright Act (DMCA), "when a specific content violates the copyright, the host is contacted and receives requests to remove such content. The current operation is the entire domain names" says Mr.
Wyden. According to the senator, "the capture process does not exclude the possibility the sites referred to defend himself, before sanctions are imposed." 
Since June 2010, the Obama administration conducting an operation "In Our Sites", which refers to both the fight against counterfeit pharmaceuticals and illegal downloading of music or video files. At the end of November, about 70 domain names, essentially sharing directories of music files had been "seized." Now, when a user tries to connect for example a site like Torrent Finder, it falls on a message from U.S.
authorities. "Any deliberate breach of copyright is a federal crime that exposes offenders to five years imprisonment and a fine of $ 250 000 [189 000]," warns the Department of Homeland Security. SEIZED IN AREAS HUNDRED NINE MONTHS after specialized sites such as Torrent Freak, new sports venues involve seizures, who were preparing to broadcast live streaming and the Superbowl, the championship game of American football, which takes place Sunday.
"If the operation 'In Our sites' must go on, the Obama administration, should at least provide details on the types of sites that are targeted," joked Senator Wyden, who sends a series of questions to the responsible Customs and the Department of Justice. In total, nearly one hundred Internet domain names have been seized over the past nine months.
The senator also criticized the disproportionate measures employed. By law the Digital MillenniumCopyright Act (DMCA), "when a specific content violates the copyright, the host is contacted and receives requests to remove such content. The current operation is the entire domain names" says Mr.
Wyden. According to the senator, "the capture process does not exclude the possibility the sites referred to defend himself, before sanctions are imposed."
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