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Democratic Underground's website has crashed or been taken down by the Hacker Anonymous
2-28-11 | Arcy

Posted on 02/28/2011 11:27:13 AM PST by Arcy

hahaha


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To: _Jim

I reverted to my ISP DNS, and I don’t get the site.
I use 4.2.2.1 for DNS and it comes up.

I’m thinking ping doesn’t work because they refuse ping.
That also might explain the last part of your tracert. I get the same sort of thing, even though the page comes up


81 posted on 03/01/2011 3:15:33 PM PST by sr-rule
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To: ladjf
Still down. If they were hacked I don't like it, I hate hackers. BUT...the night before they were laughing their azz’s off because Anonymous had hacked Americans for Prosperity and it's a real love-fest over there when FR goes down. Sooo.....sucks to be them right now. I'm sure they will blame it on the anti-union busting big business since they were all over Wisconsin this week.
82 posted on 03/01/2011 5:38:39 PM PST by ladyvet ( I would rather have Incitatus then the asses that are in congress today.)
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To: Arcy

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=8e56e88e-78dd-4754-af17-53d3661f8162

By Jeff Neuburger

Righthaven v. Democratic Underground – The Copyright Troll Defense

Righthaven v. Democratic Underground is one of the cases in which the EFF has become involved. The defendants are an online political forum and its operator, David Allen. Righthaven seeks to hold them responsible for the posting of an article by a third party user of the forum. In addition to raising fair use and implied license, the EFF’s answer and counterclaim filed in the case challenge every aspect of Righthaven’s litigation campaign, describing is as “a particularly abusive instance of a broad and aggressive strategy” by a “sham” plaintiff.

The EFF has focused on Righthaven’s status as an assignee of the rights that it asserts, alleging that it has filed multiple lawsuits, that it is in the business of enforcing copyright rights, and that it does not otherwise exploit the assigned rights. As to Stephens Media, the original copyright owner, the answer and counterclaim details at length various aspects of its online presence, including the fact that, according to the EFF, Stephens Media has not properly filed a proper designation of agent to receive notices of infringement under the DMCA. The legal relevance of these and other assertions going to the conduct of Righthaven and Stevens is left unstated.

The EFF has also raised the implied license defense noted by Judge Navarro in the Klerks case, asserting that the Law Vegas Review-Journal makes its news articles available for copying and downloading “at least 19 different ways,” including bookmarking them on social media sites, e-mailing them, and printing physical copies.

Second Source:

http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=03b5f699-d271-46e4-91a9-9c542bffcbe7


83 posted on 03/01/2011 7:04:02 PM PST by eaglestar
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To: Arcy
On the very remote chance anyone cares, this is what happened to DU yesterday: Basically their domain registrar cut them off, because of a simple mix up, really. The error has been corrected, but it could easily take up to 72 hours to propagate throughout the DNS network.

You can read about it yourself if you like. You can bypass the DNS problem and hit their homepage directly by using the IP address, like this:

http://216.158.28.197/

Then navigate down a bit, and you'll see a link where their admin guy explains it.

I'm kind of embarassed to admit I spent time tracking this down. I guess I love a good puzzle more than I detest those yahoos at du.

84 posted on 03/01/2011 8:42:50 PM PST by NewMexLurker
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To: ladyvet

I don’t know. I have the feeling that they might be gone for good. Too many enemies.


85 posted on 03/01/2011 9:30:48 PM PST by ladjf
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To: NewMexLurker
Thanks Arcy. You are obviously a knowledgeable computer user.

I used the IP and read the post explaining how it happened.

86 posted on 03/01/2011 9:46:14 PM PST by ladjf
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