Just got this about Mozilla and its problem with the govt. Good for
Mozilla. Good reason to use Firefox.
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Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 17:03:30 +0000
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Mozilla: It Has a Spinal Cord
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Posted: 11 May 2011 12:06 PM PDT
I know I'm a little late with this news, but that's because I was kind
of busy earlier in the week. Anyway, the news
<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/mozilla-resists-us-govt-request-to-nuke-mafiaafire-add-on.ars>
(Nate Anderson, /Ars Technica/) is that the US government (specifically,
the Department of Homeland Security) tried to force Mozilla to remove an
add-on for Firefox called MAFIAAFire. The DHS a few months ago seized
tens of thousands of website domains without a warrant and without due
process; only a few (countable on two hands) of those were truly harmful
in any way, while the vast majority of those sites were perfectly legal.
MAFIAAFire, whose name jabs at the RIAA and MPAA (frequently referred to
as the "MAFIAA" in technology circles), essentially redirects searches
for the old domains to the new domains where the content is now hosted.
The DHS claims that such redirection violates the orders regarding the
original seizures.
Thankfully, Mozilla is not backing down. Not only is it not removing the
extension, but it's also asking tough questions of the DHS and the
Immigration & Customs Enforcement agency which also took part in the
domain seizures; it's asking about the legality of the seizures and
whether there's any real law forbidding something like MAFIAAFire.
If nothing else, this is why I proudly use Mozilla Firefox and why I
plan to continue using it for the foreseeable future. Companies like
Google and Facebook have obliged to ridiculous demands such as this;
keep up the awesome work, Mozilla!
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