As part of the ongoing program, "Operation in Our Sites," the wildly out-of-control Department of Homeland Security has seized more domains it has decided are facilitating copyright and trademark infringement. Keep in mind these companies were not found guilty of anything in a court of law. The DHS just decided the businesses were doing something wrong, and they seized the domains.
Imagine if you owned a business and the DHS just decided to take your domain without even allowing you a chance to defend your business in court. You could go bankrupt before you could get the problem corrected.
By the way, do you remember when the Department of Homeland Security was supposed to be protecting us from terrorists? At what point did counterfeit merchandise and pirated movies become a threat to national security? Would the DHS not be serving us better if they would use their resources to control the borders and watch terrorist groups?
Here are the latest domains seized by the DHS. Certainly, there will be more.
Re1ease.net
Watchnewfilms.com
Dvdcollectionsale.com
Dvdscollection.com
Dvdsetsonline.com
Newstylerolex.com
Mygolfaccessory.com
Overbestmall.com
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February 19, 2009
One Man’s Sign Affects Two of His Civil Rights
According to Bridget Nash of the Enid News and Eagle, Chip Harrison, an Oklahoma City man, was driving on the interstate with a sign in his window. The sign read, “Abort Obama, not the unborn.” The man was pulled over by an Oklahoma City police officer who confiscated the sign. The sign was later returned by the police department, but the Secret Service later visited the man’s house and asked to conduct an informal search. The Secret Service walked through Harrison’s house to determine if Harrison was a threat.
Harrison was unwise in the way he worded his sign, but government overreaction over Chip Harrison’s sign lead to infringements on his First and Fourth Amendment rights. Harrison did get his sign back, and he voluntarily allowed the Secret Service to search his house, but this event should be a warning to all that the reach of government is extensive. Who knows what might have happened to Harrison had he not cooperated with the police and Secret Service. Harrison probably has his own special Secret Service file now, but things could have been much worse for him if he had tried to stand up for his freedom of speech and his right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.
Enid News and Eagle Article
"OKC Officer Pulls Man over for Anti-Obama Sign on Vehicle"
Harrison was unwise in the way he worded his sign, but government overreaction over Chip Harrison’s sign lead to infringements on his First and Fourth Amendment rights. Harrison did get his sign back, and he voluntarily allowed the Secret Service to search his house, but this event should be a warning to all that the reach of government is extensive. Who knows what might have happened to Harrison had he not cooperated with the police and Secret Service. Harrison probably has his own special Secret Service file now, but things could have been much worse for him if he had tried to stand up for his freedom of speech and his right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.
Enid News and Eagle Article
"OKC Officer Pulls Man over for Anti-Obama Sign on Vehicle"
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