Washington – U.S. authorities have seized another Web domain
accused of piracy, this time taking Spain-based Rojadirecta.org, a site that
offers links to unauthorized online broadcasts of sporting events, TorrentFreak
reported.
Similar to the dozens of sites seized by the U.S. Dept. of Homeland
Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unit last November,
Rojadirecta.org now features a notice from ICE that the site was seized for
copyright-related violations.
That operation targeted sites including
Torrent-Finder.com and DVDProStore.com.
For its part, Rojadirecta — which does
not host copyrighted material, instead providing links to where it is hosted
elsewhere — has been declared legal twice by Spanish courts.
"In our
opinion the US authorities are completely despising the Spanish justice system
and sovereignty," Rojadirecta’s Igor Seoane told TorrentFreak.
Despite the
.org domain seizure, Rojadirecta.com, Rojadirecta.es and a number of other
addresses for the service remain available.
Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/48sxktf
(TorrentFreak)
http://tinyurl.com/4exeav7
(DMW previous coverage)
http://tinyurl.com/359dbv8
(DMW previous coverage)
none of the alternative addresses work now. all seized by the ICE. NO respect at all for Spanish justice system.
Domain names are a key component to a web presence. Domain names convert the numerical format that computers use to identify a website into a text based name that is easy for human users to understand and recall.