Comments on: False Registration of Domains Leads to Severe Criminal Punishment in the U.S.

By: Grant Shapps: The Not So Petty Criminal At The Heart Of Government | the void

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:56:18 +0000

[...] Copyright violation is both a criminal and a civil offence. Whether ‘spun’ content is a violation of copyright under UK law would require a test case. Under US law the situation is a little clearer according to this lawyer who confirms that the practice would be illegal. As Shapps (or his wife) registered their website in the US under a fake name, this would be an aggravating factor which could lead to up to seven years in prison. [...]

By: Grant Shapps: The Not So Petty Criminal At The Heart Of Government | The Government Place

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 21:18:24 +0000

By: Max Levin

Max Levin — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:46:00 +0000

Interesting

By: stewart

stewart — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:23:41 +0000

all this as Mr Nelson Brady, aka ‘halvarez’, has been charged with what?

By: Adam Strong

Adam Strong — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:31:50 +0000

@steve – Commit a crime using a domain as part of the crime, get caught, go to jail longer.

By: Steve M

Steve M — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:48:09 +0000

Use a domain, go to jail (longer).

Sheesh.

By: Belmassio

Belmassio — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:45:10 +0000

My bad….I should have read it before commenting.

I guess the domains are like tools used in the commission of a crime. Kind of like have bolt cutters in your floorboard when caught with stolen property.

By: Danny Pryor

Danny Pryor — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:45:01 +0000

Very interesting. I wonder if the feds actually take time to move in on prosecuting cases of this kind, after a person is alleged to have committed other crimes, at a state level. For the US agencies operating in the various federal districts, it seems to me they would not be actively pursuing this kind of criminal activity, but would allow it to be revealed to them, as in this type of case.

Either way, knowing about the law is very interesting. I guess I better stop selling those fake widgets to sheep herders in Ireland on fakewidgetsforirishshepherds.com.

By: Adam Strong

Adam Strong — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:44:54 +0000

Guys read a little will ya. This is a US law. . . FEDERAL. It has nothing to do with Texas, other than this is the district that these clowns were caught in . If you commit a felony, in North Dakota and hide behind false whois of a domain to do, you are going to face stiffer charges there as well.

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:05:45 +0000

Thats kind of odd to me, its one thing to charge and sentence based on a specific crime but to add years because a domain was used with false info in that crime?

Basically a domain in TX is as deadly as a gun.