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Title: Is the US Justice Department just getting started?
Post by: BobA on February 16, 2012, 07:01:23 pm
Another shutdown by the USA Justice Department (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/jotform-domain-seizure/)

Is there a good reason for all this upset or is the USA just showing its muscles?

Title: Re: Is the US Justice Department just getting started?
Post by: Samstag on February 16, 2012, 07:33:10 pm
This is exactly why SOPA had to die.  Government agencies don't have the expertise to determine whether it's a legitimate business being abused by a few users, or a den of thieves.  They'd benefit from hiring a few 12 year olds to run a google search before pulling the plug on someone's internet.
Title: Re: Is the US Justice Department just getting started?
Post by: Vigo on February 17, 2012, 03:07:57 pm
I read a follow-up article saying that jotform was put back online today. The Secret Service said they were too busy to explain why they shut the site down.  ::)
Title: Re: Is the US Justice Department just getting started?
Post by: Gray_Area on February 17, 2012, 06:02:43 pm
This is part of the death throes of the 'old guard'. Depending on whom you read, it might be the beginnings of the death throes of Capitalism.....but we won't go there.
Title: Re: Is the US Justice Department just getting started?
Post by: Howard_Casto on February 17, 2012, 10:18:32 pm
This is part of the death throes of the 'old guard'. Depending on whom you read, it might be the beginnings of the death throes of Capitalism.....but we won't go there.

It's impossible to kill Capitalism unless you provide everything every individual could possibly want for free.  As long as people have desires and the ability to work, they will want goods in exchange for services.  Capitalism is the natural order of things. 


I'm not saying that unregulated capitalism isn't a horrible unfeeling monster, but to say taht it could ever be eliminated completely... well it's like saying soon people will stop having sex..... good luck with that. ;)
Title: Re: Is the US Justice Department just getting started?
Post by: Nephasth on February 17, 2012, 10:32:41 pm
As long as people have desires and the ability to work, they will want goods in exchange for services. Capitalism is the natural order of things. 

Until large quantities of LSD is thrown into the mix...