U.S. Authorities Shut Down WordPress Host With 73,000 Blogs

classicman · 07-19-2010, 08:23 PM

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After the U.S. Government took action against several sites connected to movie streaming recently, nerves are jangling over the possibility that this is just the beginning of a wider crackdown. Now it appears that a free blogging platform has been taken down by its hosting provider on orders from the U.S. authorities on grounds of “a history of abuse”. More than 73,000 blogs are out of action as a result.

Hot on the heels of recent threats from Vice President Joe Biden and Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel directed at sites offering unauthorized movies and music, last month U.S. authorities targeted several sites they claimed were connected to the streaming of infringing video material.

‘Operation In Our Sites‘ targeted several sites including TVShack.net, Movies-Links.TV, FilesPump.com, Now-Movies.com, PlanetMoviez.com, ThePirateCity.org, ZML.com, NinjaVideo.net and NinjaThis.net. In almost unprecedented action, the domain names of 7 sites were seized and indications are that others – The Pirate Bay and MegaUpload – narrowly avoided the same fate.

Fears remain, however, that this action is only the beginning, and that more sites will be targeted as the months roll on. Indeed, TorrentFreak has already received information that other sites, so far unnamed in the media, are being monitored by the authorities on copyright grounds.

Now, according to the owner of a free WordPress platform which hosts more than 73,000 blogs, his network of sites has been completely shut down on the orders of the authorities.

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I'm nowhere near the interweb nerd most of you apparently are. Whats this all about?

mbpark · 07-22-2010, 02:37 PM

The WordPress host with 73,000 free blogs was hosting Al Qaeda-related terrorist material, and was not monitoring his sites. He had several DMCA notices sent to him as well.

classicman · 07-22-2010, 02:45 PM

Thanks Mitch.

TheMercenary · 07-22-2010, 05:01 PM

So they punish everyone? Why couldn't they just go after the sites or individuals that posted the offending material?

ZenGum · 07-23-2010, 08:56 PM

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hosting Al Qaeda-related terrorist material

Depends on what that really means. There is Al-Qaeda related material here, too. We've talked about em.

Oh and what Merc said!

That felt weird.

TheMercenary · 07-23-2010, 09:31 PM

Just rub your head and you will feel better. But don't let the others know.

mbpark · 07-26-2010, 04:25 PM

No,

The server admin ran 73,000 blogs on ONE physical server.

Blame the admin for being really stupid in multiple ways.

07-22-2010, 02:45 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Thanks Mitch. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-22-2010, 05:01 PM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	So they punish everyone? Why couldn't they just go after the sites or individuals that posted the offending material? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-23-2010, 09:31 PM	#6
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Just rub your head and you will feel better. But don't let the others know. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

07-26-2010, 04:25 PM	#7
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	No, the server admin is an idiot No, The server admin ran 73,000 blogs on ONE physical server. Blame the admin for being really stupid in multiple ways.

07-22-2010, 02:37 PM	#2
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	The WordPress host with 73,000 free blogs was hosting Al Qaeda-related terrorist material, and was not monitoring his sites. He had several DMCA notices sent to him as well.

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