[Internet Censorship] MozillaQuestions US Department ofHomeland Security!
It is well-known fact that
Department of Homeland
Security in the US, seize certain
domains for copyright
infringement.
The controversy has been
sometimes these domains are
shutdown without notice to the
owners.
Mozilla’s was recently asked to
remove MafiaaFire, a Firefox
add-on which is mainly a
redirection add-on. It supposedly
un-censors the domains which
were taken down illegally.
Mozilla decided that before
removing the add-on they
wanted their own set of
questions answered by
Homeland Security in US.
Why were these websites
shutdown?
The common reason believed to
have been that the websites
were infringing on copyright.
Typically the suspicions were
about online piracy of copyright
content.
Many websites which were
taken down, still have their
status in limbo. That means, that
a court order has not ruled
against it as illegal and hence the
sites ideally should not be
shutdown.
Why Mozilla is taking a stand?
Mozilla is taking a stand against
this sort of request to remove a
add-on probably to not allow it
to become a precedent. There
have always been fears of
internet censorship
when governments have tried to
remove content from the
internet. Mozilla probably
standing up for their add-on
developers is a better idea than
to quickly comply with requests.
Department of Homeland
Security in the US, seize certain
domains for copyright
infringement.
The controversy has been
sometimes these domains are
shutdown without notice to the
owners.
Mozilla’s was recently asked to
remove MafiaaFire, a Firefox
add-on which is mainly a
redirection add-on. It supposedly
un-censors the domains which
were taken down illegally.
Mozilla decided that before
removing the add-on they
wanted their own set of
questions answered by
Homeland Security in US.
Why were these websites
shutdown?
The common reason believed to
have been that the websites
were infringing on copyright.
Typically the suspicions were
about online piracy of copyright
content.
Many websites which were
taken down, still have their
status in limbo. That means, that
a court order has not ruled
against it as illegal and hence the
sites ideally should not be
shutdown.
Why Mozilla is taking a stand?
Mozilla is taking a stand against
this sort of request to remove a
add-on probably to not allow it
to become a precedent. There
have always been fears of
internet censorship
when governments have tried to
remove content from the
internet. Mozilla probably
standing up for their add-on
developers is a better idea than
to quickly comply with requests.
