While many sports fans are preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl by organizing parties and shopping for TVs, the U.S. government is preparing in a different way. Just yesterday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency seized 307 different domains suspected of violating NFL copyrights. Of those, 16 were suspected of illegal streaming. The rest were allegedly selling counterfeit NFL merchandise.
The seizure was conducted under U.S. civil law, not criminal law. That means the affected parties need to prove that the internet domains were not engaging in illegal activity to get them back — an ugly mirror image of the country's usual "innocent until proven guilty" right.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technolo...230823821.html
So basically the wealthy and powerful NFL franchise can have our government steal a private citizen's domain based on a 'suspicion'? And the burden of proof is on the citizen to try and prove they are innocent rather than the accuser to prove they committed a crime?
When the rights of a corporation overshadow the rights of a citizen's fair hearing in court, there is a problem. Damn. My government sucks.
Not my governmentOriginally Posted by Tic3
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thats what NDAA was passed for, Now its guilty...periodan ugly mirror image of the country's usual "innocent until proven guilty" right.
"Hands down your pants"
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