X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/00a305b6f31c787dc302d0596c08c75c62782a66..519be9a2372f59ea2c588c7e74d7e6c4ddbae99c:/blog/archive/2016/05/05.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2016/05/05.rss b/blog/archive/2016/05/05.rss index 2efddacfd8..be10322654 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2016/05/05.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2016/05/05.rss @@ -6,6 +6,68 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + I want the courts to be involved before the police can hijack a news site DNS domain (#domstolkontroll) + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_want_the_courts_to_be_involved_before_the_police_can_hijack_a_news_site_DNS_domain___domstolkontroll_.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/I_want_the_courts_to_be_involved_before_the_police_can_hijack_a_news_site_DNS_domain___domstolkontroll_.html + Thu, 19 May 2016 13:55:00 +0200 + <p>I just donated to the +<a href="http://www.nuug.no/dns-beslag-donasjon.shtml">NUUG defence +"fond"</a> to fund the effort in Norway to get the seizure of the news +site popcorn-time.no tested in court. I hope everyone that agree with +me will do the same.</p> + +<p>Would you be worried if you knew the police in your country could +hijack DNS domains of news sites covering free software system without +talking to a judge first? I am. What if the free software system +combined search engine lookups, bittorrent downloads and video playout +and was called Popcorn Time? Would that affect your view? It still +make me worried.</p> + +<p>In March 2016, the Norwegian police seized (as in forced NORID to +change the IP address pointed to by it to one controlled by the +police) the DNS domain popcorn-time.no, without any supervision from +the courts. I did not know about the web site back then, and assumed +the courts had been involved, and was very surprised when I discovered +that the police had hijacked the DNS domain without asking a judge for +permission first. I was even more surprised when I had a look at +<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://popcorn-time.no">the web +site content on the Internet Archive</A>, and only found news coverage +about Popcorn Time, not any material published without the right +holders permissions.</p> + +<p>The seizure was widely covered in the Norwegian press (see for +example <a href="http://www.hegnar.no/Nyheter/Naeringsliv/2016/03/Popcorn-time.no-beslaglagt-av-OEkokrim">Hegnar Online</a> and +<a href="http://itavisen.no/2016/03/08/okokrim-har-beslaglagt-popcorn-time-no/">ITavisen<a/> +and +<a href="http://www.nrk.no/kultur/okokrim-gar-til-aksjon-mot-popcorn-time-1.12842452">NRK</a>), +at first due to the press release sent out by Økokrim, but then based +on +<a href="http://blogg.torvund.net/2016/03/09/okokrims-beslag-i-domenet-popcorn-time-no/">protests +from the law professor Olav Torvund</a> and +<a href="http://www.klassekampen.no/article/20160311/ARTICLE/160319995">lawyer +Jon Wessel-Aas</a>. It even got some +<a href="https://torrentfreak.com/norwegian-authorities-sued-over-popcorn-time-domain-seizure-160418/">coverage +on TorrentFreak</a>.</p> + +<p>I +<a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/NUUG_contests_Norwegian_police_DNS_seizure_of_popcorn_time_no.html"> +wrote about the case a month ago</a>, when the +<a href="http://www.nuug.no/">Norwegian Unix User Group</a> (NUUG) +where I am a member decided to ask the courts to test this seizure. +The request was denied, but NUUG and its co-requestor EFN have not +given up, and now they are rallying for support to get the seizure +legally challenged. They accept both bank and Bitcoin transfer for +those that want to support the request.</p> + +<p>If you as me believe news sites about free software should not be +censored, even if the free software have both legal and illegal +applications, and that DNS hijacking should be tested by the courts, I +suggest you <a href="http://www.nuug.no/dns-beslag-donasjon.shtml">show +your support by donating to NUUG</a>.</a> + + + Debian now with ZFS on Linux included http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_now_with_ZFS_on_Linux_included.html