Feds Seize Sports Streaming Domains in New Super Bowl Crackdown

In a new round of seizures the US authorities have taken control of domain names belonging to several popular sports streaming sites including Firstrowsports.tv, Firstrowsports.com and Soccertvlive.net. All affected sites now redirect to a notice from DOJ/ICE. In common with last year’s campaign, the new round of seizures appears to be part of another “Super Bowl Crackdown” targeting sites that link to unauthorized sports streams.

firstrow US authorities began another round of domain name seizures a few hours ago, targeting several sports streaming sites.

Thus far, neither the Department of Justice nor Homeland Security’s ICE unit have officially commented on the seizures, but it can’t be a coincidence that sports streaming sites are being targeted a few days before the Super Bowl is due to be aired.

The targets of today’s seizure round include Firstrowsports.tv, Firstrowsports.com, Firstrowsports.net and Soccertvlive.net, but more may be added in the coming hours (see update below). The former apparently remains operational via Firstrowsports.eu.

For the first time, seized domains also include the .TV extension as Firstrowsports.tv is now displaying the familiar seizure banner. The .TV domain belongs to islands of Tuvalu, but is operated by the US-based company Verisign.

Last year there was a similar round of domain seizures during the lead up to the largest American sports broadcast. At the time the feds seized a dozen domains including Firstrow.net and Atdhe.net.

Both sites continued to operate under different domain names, several of which have been taken down today.

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The seizures in 2011 also targeted domains linked to the website Rojadirecta, owned by the Spanish company Puerto 80. Despite being declared legal by two courts in Spain, the US authorities ruled that Rojadirecta was a criminal operation. The company has been fighting in US courts to get the decision overturned, but so far without luck.

Another target during the seizures last year was ChannelSurfing.net, which was operated by the Texan Brian McCarthy. The 32-year-old McCarthy was later taken into custody on suspicion of criminal copyright infringement, and he is currently awaiting his trial.

The extent of the fallout of the new “Super Bowl Crackdown” will become apparent in the coming days. It will, however, once again fuel the censorship debate which exploded last month with the SOPA/PIPA protests and the MegaUpload shutdown.

Update: ICE statement and arrest.

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AtTheGates

Despite being declared legal by two courts in Spain, the US authorities ruled that Rojadirecta was a criminal operation. The company has been fighting in US courts to get the decision overturned, but so far without luck.

I think it’s time for the U.S to seriously fuck off, and stop thinking they can control everything. Fucking corrupt piece of shit
- Guest
  
  It’s time for companies and people to massively abandon Verisign. It has become abundantly clear that it is just too risky to run on a TLD controlled by a US company. I’ll never host anything on a US-controlled domain anymore; before you know it you’re extradited to the US for some form of alleged infringement that’s completely legal in your country. Although far fetched, maybe they’ll come to their senses when nobody uses .com anymore…
  - Mr. Putin
    
    It’d be great if we knew some “safe haven” registrars + safe gTLDs to register.
    
    Katzglobal.com/Prq.se are the only anonymous domain name registrars.. prq.se i believe is a reseller mind you and katzglobal has a USA domain name so the USA might try and do some silly shit.
    - Guest
      
      MAFIAA should listen to Jacque Fresco about banning things http://youtu.be/dJ67cQD5zzY
      
      “So. What do we do?” You adapt your old business model instead of ruining the Internet.
  - Xxx
    
    Man The US government is not behind all these SHIT
    
    ACTA … n the fucking ASS HOLES that accompany it ARE a SUB department of HOLLYWOOD cos the latter looose loads of money with file sharing
    
    thus they r ready to invest some of their money to STOP all FILE SHARING – WHY use the internet then ???
    
    I think better STOP using internet make the communication company GO BANKRUPT
  - It’s a fit-up
    
    “before you know it you’re extradited to the US for some form of alleged infringement that’s completely legal in your country. ”
    
    You mean like Gary McKinnon:
    America is trying to extradite him just for linking to pirated material, something perfectly legal in Britain.
    - It’s a fit-up
      
      Sorry I meant Richard O’Dwyer and not Gary Mckinnon.
      DOH /facepalm.
  - Rob
    
    Really no one can be trusted with TLD because they all can be controlled by some govt which will always cave to corporate interests.
    
    Namecoin and Tor are the only way to fight this.
- http://twitter.com/MAFIAAFire MAFIAAFire
  
  RojaDirecta was one of the main reasons we created the “MAFIAAFire redirector” http://torrentfreak.com/firefox-add-on-undoes-u-s-government-domain-seizures-110414/
  
  looks like the US govt. wants us to update our list ;)
  no problem sir, will update the list, sir!
  - puddipuddi
    
    sweet, you’re gonna update it for firstrow? That would be awesome :thumbsup:
    - puddipuddi
      
      yep, they updated, thanks MAFIAAfire!!!
  - Anonymous
    
    The .eu site isn’t working for First Row.
    - Me
      
      .EU will get seized – they should move to .IM or .ME
- Ugly American
  
  “I think it’s time for the U.S to seriously fuck off, and stop thinking they can control everything.”
  
  Not gon’na happen – America is in HUGE financial trouble and up to its ass in debt. In these desperate attempts to control and censor the flow of information, the US government wrongly believes that it will maintain control and dominance over the entire world. Instead, they are making more enemies not only overseas, but also within America’s borders. This bullshit can’t last forever – when the bubble finally bursts, the global implications are going to be bigger than America’s debt and the disastrous consequences could potentially impact every living person. Thank you, “entertainment” industry. Let’s just shut down the entire internet and put everyone in jail. I’m sure sales of plastic discs, worthless content and other related nonsense will increase exponentially…
  
  Die in flames, Hollywood. <3
  - Xxx
    
    Man The US government is not behind all these SHIT
    
    ACTA … n the fucking ASS HOLES that accompany it ARE a SUB department of HOLLYWOOD cos the latter looose loads of money with file sharing
    
    thus they r ready to invest some of their money to STOP all FILE SHARING – WHY use the internet then ???
    
    I think better STOP using internet make the communication company GO BANKRUPT
  - CHEERMIXER
    
    With me being an American, you are absolutely correct. Next the Govt will be telling us what we can and can not send in email. You watch ;)
    - Mlc3530b
      
      They won’t have to, they’ve started already; take control of the internet, then shut down the post office. Finally FORCE everyone to go digital or suffer..
- Biteme
  
  i agree i live here its 100% corrupts sometimes its a joke they think they can rule anything what does www mean bottom like id tell them to suck dick
Lol

How can they take something down that’s broadcast online for free anyway? That makes no sense. All they would lose is advertising profitability, but having all of these sites around increases knowledge and publicity of the sport itself.
- Sense
  
  That is not correct, ads will be still on the show..
  
  It just because you have not paid 4 hours of the cable company
  - http://www.facebook.com/t3hk0r34n Shawn Ryu
    
    You dont even need cable companies to watch SB though, it makes no sense.
http://www.blockaid.me/ BlockAid DNS

Thankfully those using BlockAid don’t get that message.
- Guest
  
  Your service is great.
Him

and who now thinks that this shit is gonna stop? until the voices of the people are louder, not just how they were when protesting about SOPA etc, loud than the entertainment industries, loud enough for every government in every country to hear and take notice of, all this crap is gonna continue. even when things are deemed legal in a country, along come the US law enforcement, grab some poor fucker from their own country and whisk them off to stand trial in the US. how the hell can that be right? how the hell can other countries let this happen? if things were around the other way, do you think the US would allow a citizen to be taken somewhere else, especially if what had happened was legal in the US? of course not! there would be all hell let lose! the US thinks it can control the world, not just the internet, and, basically, no country is standing up to them. why is that?
- Ugly American
  
  “the US thinks it can control the world, not just the internet, and, basically, no country is standing up to them. why is that?”
  
  Because ALL governments are corrupt and every “elected” official is a puppet of the small handful of globalist elitists who secretly impose their will and make every decision behind closed doors. I believe it’s called “democracy.”
  
  http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/NWO/Council_Foreign_Relations.htm
- Rohe
  
  To be fair (in this forum): the US puppet soldiers seem to crack down on people who mainly use US goods and material. Some producer told in a TV show, that in east europe, russia, china local TV networks clone US-TV shows, sitcoms down to the last spoken word. But they couldn’t do a thing because its very hard to enforce this type of copyright.
  
  The funny part was, that those local TV stations start doing own shows was the reaction to the fact that the US came after them for licensing. They continued to distract local programming until they had enough.
  
  So, you can’t use a show like “Friends” without paying, but you can re-enact them in a local setting. This is such a stupid mess!
- Mlc3530b
  
  SOPA and PIPA are tabled; ACTA has passed. Everyone was so worried about those two, that they forgot about the one that is even worse.
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U823

IM SICK OF IT.THINGS ARE GETTING BAD. IT SEEMS THAT BY THE TIME 2013 COMES AROUND ,NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD ANYTHING OR STREAM!!!!! DAMNIT WHY WHY WONT THIS END.
- Sense
  
  Relax man, prepare yourself for the cyber war
- Anonymous
  
  It will end December 21, 2012.
  
  Maybe the Mayans did predict the end… of the Internet. They did not bother to then do more years on their calendar due to the insane copyright enforcement that would follow.
  - BooBooMayanPhuck
    
    You wouldn’t download a Mayan, would you?
  - Jmorse43508
    
    I saw this one on the Cheezburger network site KYMDB:
    
    Philosoraptor: “What if the Mayans predicted ACTA and their calendar is censored past 2012?”
    
    This was actually a sign someone did of this meme and displayed it at the anti-ACTA protests in Slovokia.
    
    There is also a February 11th protest scheduled to take place in 80 European cities. Protesters have been encouraged to wear Guy Fawkes masks and bring candy. It is being organized by global activist group Access, and word has been spread of the event on The Next Web, Geekosystem and on Facebook.
    
    There’s a Google map showing the protests there. Belgium, Germany, France and Switzerland seem to have the highest concentration of markers indicating where protests are to be held.
- Rese
  
  nah they can never stop sharing, no matter what, their will still be ways, fuck since lots of sharing sites went down, i moved back to emule/ed2k and it maxes me out with many dl’s all day.
Pentrio

BlockAid also cured my cancer!
- http://www.blockaid.me/ BlockAid DNS
  
  Oh nice! I didn’t know it had that side effect.
  - BooBooBlockaidPhuck
    
    Too bad BlockAid can’t block AIDS – you guys would earn millions!
Me

They should use .ME domains like demonoid.me
- Mr. Putin
  
  The registrar for .me is hosted in the USA… just think about that and think how easy it would be the the FBI to seek out our real information (traces are left behind from whois data – yes, even if it’s a private whois they can still give it out … and payments we’ve made)
  
  Vunic.vu is a registrar hosted outside the USA and doesn’t appear to have any connections with the USA
  - Me
    
    Or .IM
- Kr0nZ
  
  everyone should switch over to dot-bit
  
  http://dot-bit.org/Main_Page
  
  Distributed DNS
  I could probably even be incorporated into mafiaafire
  
  That would be a huge step forward if file sharing just had its own domain
  - guest number 9
    
    Unless they come looking for and find the domain register then shut it down. Then all those domains would be screwed. At least for a short time till they moved again.
    - Kr0nZ
      
      but the whole point of it is not to have a central registrar, its like P2P what with DNS names, take down one there are still thousands of others
- Jmorse43508
  
  Why not get sites registered in a place where there is no possibility of getting shut down by DHS/ICE?
  
  Maybe Iran.
  
  Only trouble is the expense and or lack of bandwidth to host in many countries who won’t toe Hollywood’s line.
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Johnny Hoopsnaker

Karl Marx: show me a country where they’d put a negro in charge and I’ll show you country that’s gone completely to shit.
- Johnny Hoopsnaker
  
  In fairness, he’s only following Jew orders.
  - Jones
    
    Uh, I think you meant Hollywood orders. No wait, they are one in the same. Silly me.
    - BooBooMayanPhuck
      
      Uh, somewhat “the same” – there is no question that Hollywood is dominated and controlled by Jews but let’s bare in mind that poor Jews can fall victim to the MAFIAA’s whims as well. Isn’t Joel Tenenbaum Jewish too?
      http://torrentfreak.com/justice-department-backs-riaa-against-pirating-student-120131/
      
      The point is anyone can be fucked by Hollywood’s Gestapo – the US government.
      
      Shalom
  - Rabbi MAFIAAwitz
    
    How could he considering he was Jewish himself… ;-)
    
    Shalom
- Anonymous
  
  Yes, being a racist fuck certainly makes people agree with you.
  - Hoopy
    
    Racism only works when it’s true. Can you name one instance of a country run by a negro that hasn’t been a hotbed of corruption and/or violence?
    - Anonymous
      
      Holy shit, you are actually trying to defend blatant racism.
      
      It’s true that I can’t name any country run by a black person that isn’t corrupt, but:
      1. The US have been going downhill for a long time, it’s not entirely Obama’s fault. While Obama is far, far from perfect, he’s 100x better than John ‘Crazy’ McCain.
      2. I can’t name any country run by a Caucasian, Asian or whatever that isn’t corrupt either.
    - Dse
      
      Well, South Africa to start. During the period when Mandela was made the head of the South African government, violence and corruption both decreased significantly.
      
      So Hoopy, feeling racist yet?
    - Anonymous
      
      It’s not racism if it’s true. :/
      
      I could say whites are less physically capable, on average, than blacks. That somehow isn’t racism, but if I say blacks are, on average, less intelligent than whites, I’m somehow a racist bigot. Makes total sense.
    - Levil
      
      “I could say whites are less physically capable, on average, than blacks. That somehow isn’t racism, ”
      
      First, that claim is not true. In the U.S., that’s close to being true, but if you look at the worldwide population, physical capability is pretty even among races (barring height, which has notable shifts).
      
      Secondly, racism isn’t just attitudes, it’s categorizations that create a difference in the actions of people.
      
      Finally, your assessment of the intelligence of Blacks is wrong. Let me tell you why. Back in the 1920s, Eastern Europeans were not considered to be white. They had a seperate categorization all to themselves, and Anglo-supremacists defended this categorization by saying “they aren’t as smart because they score lower on intelligence tests”. Fast forward 90 years, and East Europeans are considered white, and score the same on intelligence tests as Western Europeans. What changed? Is wasn’t their genetics. Could it be… that social constructs and poverty levels actually affect group intelligence scores? Could it be that intelligence tests are poorly designed to begin with and carry cultural assumptions, and that improvement over time has lessened but not eliminated those problems?
      
      Nah. A wizard did it.
  - BooBooRabbiPhuck
    
    I don’t think he said anything “racist” but this isn’t an issue that has ANYTHING to do with race or religion. Let’s focus, people – the last thing we need right now is division among ourselves. Kiss and make up – or I’ll bash your fucking skulls in… <3
    
    Shalom
    - Anonymous
      
      How is saying that every “negro” is a terrible leader not racist?
    - eatme
      
      It has everything to do with money and greed. Guess which tribe loves that the most? Who is Hollywood controlled by? Who controls the entire Entertainment Industry? Hmm, now let me see…southern red necks?
    - Proud Negro Leader
      
      @ FRRobber
      
      He didn’t say it, Marx did – and since when is “negro” a “racist” term?
      
      Negro, Black, African = the same thing. If the term “nigger” was used (which it wasn’t), that would be a different story. Take it from me, a Proud Negro.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Don-Dilly/1624894683 Don Dilly

I think the bbc are showing the superbowl in the UK
ie FREE, not that there is much interest in US football in the UK

If streamed it will be geographically locked but that shouldnt stop someone with a vpn with a UK gateway
- http://tinyurl.com/ANoiXioNA-personal-info ANoiXioNA
  
  And the BBC remove all the adverts…… they have to.
  - http://www.facebook.com/people/Don-Dilly/1624894683 Don Dilly
    
    The USA should do as many countries and mandate the superbowl of national interest and have it free to air.
    
    The US football league nor any broadcaster is losing out on it being pirated and watched overseas via an IP stream.
    
    Lets face it, who in a foreign country is going to watch a stream if it is being shown free on tv? As for those in countries where it is not shown, local stations are not losing viewers now the league or original broadcaster (whose feed is being sold) is losing anything.
    
    In fact had they any sense and it was streamed with their blessing (most of the US advertisers are global brands) no one loses, they can pick up additional advertising from the stream whi;e monitoring the location of network viewers to collect evidence to show foreign broadcasters there is a market to show the game in their country on tv.
    
    It seems a complete nobrainer to me.
    - http://tinyurl.com/ANoiXioNA-personal-info ANoiXioNA
      
      it is a nobrainer…… which brings the conclusion… they have no brains….
      All they are interested in is the short term perceived gains…….
      like the child who would eat a piece of chocolate now…..even after… being told that they would receive 5 pieces in 30min if they didn’t eat it.
- Dude
  
  UK TV is not free to air. You pay a yearly tax (with threats of a criminal offence and fines up to £1000) so you are also paying to watch the superbowl in a round about sort of way.
TelezarZ

USA is the real enemy of the internet !
It’s time to run a campain to tell to ALL the admins of sharing website to change their domain name to a non-US based.
- PelouzeTF
  
  Actually, the real enemy of the internet are the people who think they can do what they like with “other” peoples/companies media.
  
  Then you’d see less sites closing/laws being proposed.
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U823

enjoy paying $50 a month to watch one paperview
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Momo

Boycott the NFL. If this is how they roll, they need to stop rolling in it.
Weihhih

Those domains are redirecting to firstrow.tv which is up and working. Is anyone seeing the ‘seizure banner’? i’m not
- Anonymous
  
  I am seeing the seizure banner there.
  
  DNS changes happen within hours for most of the Internet but the slower parts can take up to 48 hours.
we live

firstrowsports.im be uponline soon and this one upon line now firstrow.tv
Anonymous

The funny part of all this is that so very few people outside the United States actually care about the Superbowl. I have never even seen one myself.

I think the DoJ amd ICE have gone a bit far this time to seize a .tv domain when they usually affirm their seizure right due to being a US domain. I am quite sure that the Islands of Tuvalu are not the latest state to join the USA.

They now have themselves two problems in this. First they should have asked the Islands of Tuvalu population for approval to do this or they would have just abused their guardianship and if so then IoT could always relocate away from bloody Verisign.

The second problem is that if US law applies to US domains then US law DOES NOT apply to non-US domains. So if they have not acted under US law then the seizure is invalid.

ICE certainly needs to be grilled on that one when this is one tiny step away from the DoJ and ICE seizing domains from any country. The only limit then would be those they can physically control somehow and those that they cannot.

Well if anyone is due to visit the Islands of Tuvalu then I hope this matter is brought to the attention of the local leadership. Once informed then it is their choice how they handle their local domains.
James

This sort of shit makes me really, really hate Americans.
- Ugly American
  
  Yes, because we all know Americans are responsible and not the corrupt government which has been imposed on them.
  
  Don’t be a shortsighted fool
  - Momo
    
    Sorry, but you have no clue how wrong you are.
    
    Your government is YOUR responsibility. YOU are responsible for allowing it to run amok. If it descends into fascism, it is YOUR duty to fix it. If it gets bought out by corporations, it’s YOUR duty to overthrow it.
    
    When the rest of us see that shit like SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, TPP, ICE always start in the USA, leaked documents show that TPB’s mock trials were bought by US interests, the Spanish SOPA was forced through because of threats of a US embargo, the Irish SOPA is being rammed through by US companies, the Canadian DMCA is being shoved down Canadians’ throats by the US government, and then we look at what you people are doing to stop this shit for happening… and we see that you are just sitting on your asses watching Fox News… we are right in feeling angry at you.
    
    Your apathy is causing global chaos. Stop telling us it’s not your fault and fix your damn country. There can be no excuses.
    - Ugly American
      
      “Sorry, but you have no clue how wrong you are.”
      
      I’m “wrong” because I am powerless against a corrupt government which I can’t dethrone? LOL
      
      “Your government is YOUR responsibility.”
      
      That’s where YOU’RE wrong – it is not “my” government.
      A. I did NOT elect it.
      B. I do NOT support it.
      C. I do NOT have the money or the power to replace it.
      
      “YOU are responsible for allowing it to run amok.”
      
      Hardly – I’m just an average American like millions of others who are not responsible for the misguided actions of a government which has been forced down our throats. I didn’t “allow,” I didn’t elect and I certainly didn’t endorse. Blaming powerless citizens for the actions of their tyrants is like blaming prisoners for the actions of prison guards. Get it, or do I have to draw you a diagram?
      
      “If it descends into fascism, it is YOUR duty to fix it.”
      
      That’s like saying it was the duty of concentration camp victims to “fix” the Nazi system which imprisoned them in the first place. Do you have any idea how ridiculous your logic is? Moron, America is police state and its citizens are prisoners – what part of this is so difficult to understand?!
      
      “If it gets bought out by corporations, it’s YOUR duty to overthrow it.”
      
      Are you suggesting an armed revolt?! LOL!
      Child, have you ever heard of the US military, dozens of Federal agencies and hundreds of police departments? What makes you think than an unarmed population can “overthrow” a police state? Don’t be an irrational fool…
      
      “When the rest of us see that shit like SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, TPP, ICE always start in the USA, leaked documents show that TPB’s mock trials were bought by US interests, the Spanish SOPA was forced through because of threats of a US embargo, the Irish SOPA is being rammed through by US companies, the Canadian DMCA is being shoved down Canadians’ throats by the US government, and then we look at what you people are doing to stop this shit for happening…”
      
      There’s your problem right there – you’re looking at the slaves instead of focusing on their masters. Is it clear now?
      
      “and we see that you are just sitting on your asses watching Fox News…”
      
      Nice generalization but how in fuck do YOU know what each and every American watches, believes, supports or endorses? Did you ever stop to think that most Americans are just as fed up (if not more) with the current regime as everyone else? Did you ever stop to think that we are just as powerless as the rest of you? The answer is obviously no – you don’t seem like a creature with the ability to think…
      
      “we are right in feeling angry at you.”
      
      If your misguided anger is directed at those who aren’t responsible or in a position to change the current system, you are anything but “right.” Again, like every other Anti-American idiot, you are blaming the slaves for the actions of their masters. Your focus is completely off, lad – take the blinders off and recognize things for what they are.
      
      “Your apathy is causing global chaos.”
      
      Average Americans don’t care? LMFAO!
      
      What were those protests against SOPA? A bad dream you had? “Apathy” has nothing do with it, child – it’s an inability to change a system and that’s something completely different. If you mistake inability for apathy, you are a truly clueless dolt lol…
      
      “Stop telling us it’s not your fault and fix your damn country.”
      
      Sure, right away – I’ll destroy an armed military and the entire government with my slingshot. Their tanks, jets and machine guns will be no match! LOL
      
      Child, seriously – get a clue. Live in the real world for fuck’s sake…
      
      “There can be no excuses.”
      
      Yes, there can – no power = no power. Your welcome for the education. Expect my bill.
    - Omom
      
      Find a registrar that isn’t based in the US. Demand that your government doesn’t listen to our government. Let the US put embargoes on your country. It is your country, you don’t have to work with us. Furthermore, the US is filled with some of the most active opponents to SOPA and PIPA. OUR FCC has been a huge proponent of net neutrality. If you don’t like our products or our foreign policy, stop playing with us. There are no excuses.
    - Momo
      
      @Ugly American
      
      I understand your frustration, but your government IS your government. They may not represent you any more, but they are your responsibility, whether you like it or not.
      
      Even though you as an individual are worth nothing to that government, even though they are your captors and torturers, even though they hate you with all their might, THEY STILL NEED YOU ALIVE.
      
      They need you alive, because without subjects to enslave they have nothing!
      
      But they don’t need the rest of us.
      
      That’s why the solution can only come from you.
      
      If we intervene (and I hope we don’t need to) it’ll be WWIII. It will be the end of us all.
      
      It’s up to you, Americans. Whatever happens, they can’t afford to kill you all.
      
      In Nazi Germany, the problem was that the German people stood in line while their nation was doing the worst atrocities in modern history.
      
      You shouldn’t stand in line. For all our sakes.
      
      You should tell them how you feel. Make them give you peace, freedom, democracy. If they won’t, let them fire the first shot and then history will take its course.
      
      I don’t know what you need to do to be heard. That’s up to you to discover.
      
      And when I say “you”, I don’t mean “you, Ugly American”. I mean all of you.
      
      And I’m not telling you. I’m begging you.
      
      FWIW.
    - Momo
      
      @omom
      
      Not surprisingly, Poland couldn’t stop itself from being invaded. The only ones who could stop Hitler’s plans in time were the Germans themselves.
      
      And make no mistake. We are doing all we can, even to the point of setting up the EU to negotiate with the US on more equal footing (yes, you read that right), but even that doesn’t stop individual nations from being pressured to dance to the superpower’s tune.
    - Anonymous
      
      Momo is what we call a dumb ass
    - Ugly American
      
      @ Momo
      
      “I understand your frustration,”
      
      Buddy, you couldn’t even begin to imagine how pissed I am at the US government – trust me, it goes far beyond “frustration” because I happen to live here…
      
      “but your government IS your government.”
      
      Either you don’t understand or you’re pretending not to. Let’s do this slowly:
      It. Is. Not. “My.” Government.
      
      Are we clear now?
      
      “They may not represent you any more,”
      
      Any more? Who said they ever did? Do you realize that less than 20% of all Americans actually voted for Obama? Does he represent that 80% or OUR views? Don’t kid yourself – he definitely does NOT.
      
      “but they are your responsibility,”
      
      Why? Did I elect them? Do I support them? How in fuck are they “my responsibility?” LOL
      
      “whether you like it or not.”
      
      Correction – whether YOU like it or not. YOU expect the prey to answer for the actions of a predator. Not very logical, I’m afraid…
      
      “Even though you as an individual are worth nothing to that government, even though they are your captors and torturers, even though they hate you with all their might, THEY STILL NEED YOU ALIVE.”
      
      Like fuck, they do – the US government has more than enough slaves and there’s plenty more coming in each and every day. Have you heard of Mexico? Believe me, “my” government could care less about me, my rights, my freedom, my concerns or my fucking welfare. I’m just a taxpayer – and if I should assume room temperature within the next 5 minutes, there will be PLENTY of other slaves to replace me. No big loss, as far as the US government is concerned…
      
      “They need you alive, because without subjects to enslave they have nothing!”
      
      Agreed, but there are over 300 million people living in the US – my existence isn’t worth a fart on a windy day.
      
      “But they don’t need the rest of us.”
      
      Actually, they do – what makes you think 300 million slaves is enough?! Considering the world’s entire population, the US represents dogshit. Bigger markets overseas, lad – bigger populations to control, to exploit, to bomb and to terrorize = bigger profits for the ruling globalist thugs who you call “my” government. LOL
      
      “That’s why the solution can only come from you.”
      
      If only I could do something about it, lad – I may have the charm, the right ideas, a HUGE bulging penis and enough modesty to fill Kim Dotcom’s belly but sadly, I am about as powerful as Hugh Hefner’s dick without Viagra. As such, the only “solution” someone in my position can offer is a leap off the nearest bridge. And I could barely afford the fucking toll. My point is that only powerful people with deep pockets can make a difference – unfortunately, most of them are on the wrong side…
      
      “If we intervene (and I hope we don’t need to) it’ll be WWIII.”
      
      What in fuck are you waiting for? An invitation? Less talk, more action – we haven’t had a decent war since the Panzers rolled over Europe. Just a bunch of half-assed “hostilities” here and there. Pussies! Bring it on, I say – either way, people like me can’t lose. This fucking planet needs to be purged of assholes. If you and your “we” decide to start bombing, do me a favor and start with Hollywood. And don’t stop until I tell you.
      
      “It will be the end of us all.”
      
      Don’t be such a fatalist – roaches will still live on. Turtles too. They’re cute.
      
      “It’s up to you, Americans.”
      
      No, it’s not – average American citizens like yours truly = powerless.
      
      There are too many powerful forces at work, too many laws on the books and way too many idiots to wake up. You give us too much credit. We are NOT the Supermen you believe us to be – just a bunch of working class dogs with nothing to say. Here’s the reality – most Americans are too fucking tired from their daily struggles just to make ends meet. Those who still have jobs, that is. The rest? They barely exist. Barley. Don’t expect them / us to do shit.
      
      “Whatever happens, they can’t afford to kill you all.”
      
      Sure they can – it’s called “collateral damage.” Fact.
      
      “In Nazi Germany, the problem was that the German people stood in line while their nation was doing the worst atrocities in modern history.”
      
      Not true.
      A. Your average Germans were just as powerless. Slaves.
      B. The worst atrocities in modern history = the former Soviet Union.
      
      Hitler was a boyscout compared to Stalin – he killed at least 20 million Russians alone. That’s one holocaust you’ll never hear anything about.
      Communists have butchered at least 150 million people worldwide – but we digress.
      
      “You shouldn’t stand in line.”
      
      I don’t. I sit comfortably and observe – and prepare for the inevitable.
      
      “For all our sakes.”
      
      Fight your own battles – it’s the American way… <3
      
      "You should tell them how you feel."
      
      Why? You think they listen to taxpayers? LOL
      They laugh at us, buddy – the US government could give a lesser fuck.
      
      "Make them give you peace, freedom, democracy."
      
      A. Peace = overrated.
      B. Freedom = an illusion.
      C. Democracy = mob rule – and I want no part of it.
      
      Fuck democracy with a retractable baton – I want my Constitutional Republic back. And I want the MAFIAA to go fuck themselves.
      
      "If they won't, let them fire the first shot and then history will take its course."
      
      That's easy to say when the guns aren't pointed at YOUR head… LOL
      Personally, I'd prefer my skull to remain in one piece.
      
      "I don't know what you need to do to be heard."
      
      I do – on election day, everyone should stay the fuck home and fap.
      
      "That's up to you to discover."
      
      Already did – and my cock is already out. I'm ready for the next "election."
      
      "And when I say "you", I don't mean "you, Ugly American". I mean all of you."
      
      Too bad – I was hoping for some personal attention. I refuse to share the spotlight with others. Fuck them.
      
      "And I'm not telling you. I'm begging you."
      
      Noted. I will present your plans to the Revolutionary Committee. (Don't tell anyone but Ernesto is our leader)…
      
      "FWIW"
      
      Two cents – which, oddly enough, is exactly what I have. Small world, huh?
maxwell elle

it is just the beginning US can not win this war
Likasumboodeeeeeeee

This is actually good news if u think about it. More and more “illegal” sites will move from .com and other US owned domain names and in doing so protect themselves from any litigation/domain name seizure as there would be no connection to the US(if they are indeed not operating from america). So in a way the feds are doing us a favour.
- Him
  
  and you dont expect other countries to start doing the same thing? we are talking about entertainment industry ‘bought and paid for governments, with bought and paid for law enforcement agencies’, you know
  - Ugly American
    
    Exactly. This isn’t just an American concern but a global one bought and paid for by Hollywood. The governments of other nations are just as guilty of accepting bribes from the MAFIAA and other copywrong pushers. Instead of screaming “fuck America,” these foreign dimwits should be screaming, “fuck their government and mine as well.” But that will never happen. Their governments are perfect and completely innocent – yeah, right. Retards.
- Anonymous
  
  Yes, the feds are definitely doing us a favor.
  
  More and more “illegal” sites will move from .com and other US-owned domain names. Since the seizures precede any type of written law and companies are not able to properly defend against them, other “legal” businesses will also move from .com and other US-owned domain names. In fact, the smartest move would be for every single company to move away from US jurisdiction. What if an Amazon Marketplace seller sells the wrong thing or links to the wrong thing? Losing web access to their site for even a few hours could be extremely harmful to their business, and it would be even worse for smaller companies.
  
  Move away from US-owned domain names and US-owned hosting of any type. Invest your money into foreign domain and hosting companies, which will boost foreign economies.
  
  The feds are doing us a favor, right?
Hoopy

Chairman of the MPAA Chris Dodd angling for the Jew vote:

http://www.pjvoice.com/v25/25303dodd.aspx
Anon

What’s wrong with “pay or miss the game”? It costs real money to broadcast a major event like this. Why do it if they can’t recoup their investment and make a profit?

For the good of humanity?!?
lol
You people so crazy.
- puddipuddi
  
  They’re gonna make a killing off the advertising bud. Also, I’m pretty sure if you have cable, this is free to watch (as in no pay-per-view). Many of us don’t have cable because we’re broke-ass college students, and refuse to pay $100 a month when we only want comedy central and discovery channel.
- Ugly American
  
  Oh, boo hoo hoo – like they’re not making a killing already…
  Try this on for size – and stop shilling, retard:
  http://deadspin.com/5821386/audited-financials-operating-profit-for-nfl-ventures-lp-rose-from-999-million-to-13-billion-last-year
  - Anon
    
    Is your point that because they are making a profit their profits should be limited and their products should be distributed freely after that? And what gives you the right to make a judgment like that?
    
    By your standards to a poor person in Africa your earnings should be tapped after you make a few thousand dollars a year.
    I love when pirates reveal why they are not taken seriously. lol Keep fighting with the clouds. :-D
    - puddipuddi
      
      The point is, some of us can’t afford cable, so they aren’t losing any profits from us because they wouldn’t get the money that we don’t have anyway.
      
      Also, that article goes to show how they complain and whine that they aren’t making enough money. They are lying greedy little shits.
- Anonymous
  
  the superbowl happens whether i pay for it or not
  so i might as well watch it
KiRE

Just fucking great. I wonder what I’ll wake up to tomorrow.
Infinite311

Really its kind of surprising people getting pissed off at things like this. They are just protecting the copyrights of the people.

People are now a days so comfortable with these file sharing mechanisms that they don’t even realize they are affecting people behind the big organizations .Iam not against file sharing though.

When people say Hollywood or RIAA , one of the first things they say is “greedy” etc. Really what they do is providing exceptionally good entertainment by giving their heart and souls. All they expect you to do is pay the money and enjoy the services.
They make a movie worth $200 million for us to watch; they ask us to pay a few dollars to watch that movie and yet we whine about it. Think of how much hypocritical you are when you have enjoyed watching/listening to countless movies/songs produced by MPAA/RIAA and calling them “greedy bastards”(or something like that)

I really hope SOPA/PIPA will come to effect in near future because that way people will get to understand the value of their services.
- Weihhih
  
  Youre a fucking idiot. Last year had record box office profits, so did 2010. If these guys are hurting so much from file sharing why do they keep breaking record profits every year. Movies, sports, music, games, theyre all doing great.
  
  If you dont what youre talabout shut the fuck up.
  - Ugly American
    
    Just another shill slinging the same old propaganda – if they were so “creative,” they would come up with another rant instead of the same idiotic myths we’ve heard before:
    “Downloading = Theft”
    “One download = one lost sale”
    “Infringement destroys jobs, quality of entertainment and profit margins.”
    
    Blah, blah, blah, same old song and dance. Pure nonsense. Pure spin.
    Only an idiot or a bribed shill could believe these lies – record profits and increased demand year after year after year after year demonstrates that their totally full of shit and far from “suffering” due to “piracy.”
    
    “Intellectual Property” is neither – and copywrong = a sin against humanity.
  - Infinite311
    
    well, you and other proponents of illegal file sharing are morons. Why the fuck do you care if they make billions or even trillions of dollars using their talents? Will you accept if I took $2000from your $40000 dollars account without your permission?
    
    One thing is for sure: You people are scared shitless because you used to get free stuff on the internet and now it is getting compromised.
    
    99% of the pirates don’t care about anyone other than them.
- Anonymous
  
  The value of their services is not in question.
  
  What is in question is the fact that the MPAA/RIAA/BSA are fully in control of the US government and US law enforcement.
  –> Our ability to call ourselves a democracy has diminished once a “leader” takes actions like signing ACTA without legal or (minimal) public approval.
  –> Instead of going after real, violent criminals, a tremendous amount of time and tax-funded resources are going towards the investigation and prosecution of “pirates”. As an American, I am extremely irritated at the fact that my town has a REAL, LIVE SERIAL KILLER running around killing and burying young women, and yet squads of detectives are arresting people who sell a handbag with a “questionable resemblance” to a brand belonging to one of the richest companies in the world.
  
  Yes, my president is a spineless puppet, but it still irritates me that he’s pushing to extradite a 23-year old British citizen who ran a UK-based website, violating UK laws.
  
  This fight is no longer about refusing to pay $18 in order to see a movie. It’s about a handful of companies acting like a bunch of organized thugs that are now in full control of whole governments. It’s about vendettas (not justice), website administrators being treated akin to terrorists, censorship, and the erosion of basic human rights:
  - freedom of speech
  - due process
  - equality before the law
  - the right to recognition as a person before the law
  - the right to effective remedy (defense)
  - the right to privacy.
- Go Listen To 311
  
  do you love sucking on the MPAA/RIAA’s balls or what? you say you’re not against file sharing yet your last sentence is “I really hope SOPA gets passed..”
  
  I’ll reiterate. You’re A Fucking Idiot.
- nobody
  
  They’re protecting the copyright of the corporations, not ‘people’. Corporations that exist only because they used to be the only way for an artist to distribute their work. We’re seeing the deaththrows of an industry that realizes it’s obsolete and will do anything and everything it can to try and cling to it’s power and money as long as it can.
- Guest
  
  FAGGOT!
Infinite311

Also don’t give crappy reasons like “they make billions of dollars so its okay to pirate” No matter how many billions they make you still have to buy it. Or get your asses owned.
- Anonymous
  
  actually I don’t have to do anything
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Djb

Let these boners keep on trying to censor our internet as the innovations will keep coming, theres enough hackers and techies out there to tilt the pendilum in our favour, death to the ice,mpaa,riaa, mpaa = moron policy ass association!! riaa = really imcompetent anal asses!!
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Guest101

All of these comments are a great argument for not scrolling down…
Anon

Free to air in Australia, come on down folks.
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Anonymous

If the DMCA alone can do this, imagine what SOPA and PIPA will be capable of doing.
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Anonymous

Does 2012 really look like the beginning of the end, or is this all just a coincidence. I am beginning to think that the mayans were right.
http://twitter.com/singlegirl2010 Buy Me This

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Me

Firstrowsports should STOP using .COM .NET .ORG and .TV and go for something else
Anonymous

Looks like the feds have WAY too much spare time on their hands.
AnonyWeb.tk
- Guest
  
  SPAM
PastTense

Could someone explain how they seized the domain of Firstrowsports.tv?

.tv is the domain of the island nation of Tuvalo. In case you are not acquainted with it, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu
- Mr. Putin
  
  Yes, but it’s controlled by VeriSign and not the country since it’s in the interest of media corps… (.tv / television / media sites etc)
  - What
    
    VeriSign is US based, they own .com too
- Anonymous
  
  VeriSign rolls over really quick when ICE comes knocking.
  
  avoid doing business with them.
jack

I reckon the arugment could be made for something PPV related but I frankly fail to see the logic in shutting something down that is streaming live. You still have to sit through commericals. Whats the difference if I watch it on TV or 2 feet away on my computer.

J.
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Levan Putkaradze 82

daibloka
Kenny

Since they didn’t take down firstrow.tv, which they been redirecting for quite while now, not many people will go crazy trying to find it again. Also since they always been p2p4u.net that redirects to new domain all the time which they still have it as the add to favorites button domain. Likely soon to redirect to non-Verisign domain this time.

So unless they after their host PRQ, which is unlikely they will succeed but definitely not out of the question the site lives on! :)
US-GOV-FAIL

Again the US Govt. shows its ugly face. Thank you. This is going down in history and it will show that the US Govt is no better than who they claim is the “axis of evil”. Their own country is the evil itself.
Me

They have moved to .EU – that can be shut down also!
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RandomssfkAHGAIHGWIAGHAEI

Not sure how to feel about this

I really don’t like it when people sell fake goods like fake t-shirts of their favorite sports teams and pass it off as official.

Like how if you go buy a dvd off the net, but it turns out all you get is a blank cd instead of the dvd you want.
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dogtag

http://www.wiziwig.tv is best place for sport streams is the new myp2p
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stupid 316

Stupid Americans and your dumb hand egg sport that nobody else in the world watches ruining football or “soccer” for the rest of us.. it was Chelsea vs. Man U this weekend damnit!
Jessicaleyden101

http://iairtv.com/ password: live – it’s still running for me.
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Alyssa Blindy

Operation fake sweep? Really? I just need to bring this one thing up.
If you go to google translate you will see that the word “SOPA” means sweep in Swedish. It also means garbage, but that’s beyond the point. If we look at this and think for a half a second, we can see that the DOJ is having a “fake SOPA.” A fake sweep. A fake SOPA..
What’s next? The DOJ is going to have “Operation down the pipe?”
I can imagine that.
Note: PIPA means pipe in swedish. You can also confirm this one on google translate.
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Myteev

http://myteev.blogspot.com/p/sports.html
Ida

It is just another war that the US cant win. Which is something that the US likes to do….
- LazyDave
  
  Some people say the (country) government can’t win against drug lords, yet they’re still at it. They may not be able to completely eradicate drug trafficking, but they can still do something about it like cutting it down to the barest minimum possible, right?
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Khullar Shawn

Maybe PEOPLE will actually buy movies and music if they didn’t cost so much! $20 for a movie?!!!?! YOUR KIDDING ME! Movies used to be only $5 back in 05! Of course people are going to download them off the internet for free! And one song off of Itunes is 99 cents. Maybe if one song was 30 cents they would make way more profit. In this economy who pays so much for overpriced shit? Movies these days aren’t EVEN WORTH WATCHING!
Optix

Yawn…someone wake me when the site is simply re-registered under a different name and we all get back to watching the superbowl which were going to do anyway. These morons cant grasp the principle of sharing: If you stop 10 ppl from watching on site 1, most likely 8 will watch it on site 2 and guess how much money your still going to make from all 10 ppl?: sweet fuck all. You cannot increase sales or re-enforce gains in a market your not even selling to! I mean, its like when they thought they could actually win Vietnam, Motives are screwed up, Understanding of the terrain is shit and above all…..A SUPERIOR ENEMY
broke ass

hey you guys, please tell us where we can watch the fights Saturday night
anonymous

This link to FirstRow Sports still works :)….http://www.firstrowsports.eu/
broke ass

thank you, hope it’s still running Saturday night
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Xstretchx

Why would they shut down streaming for the Super Bowl that is broadcasted on National Television??
- Anonymous
  
  Are you REALLY that stupid? Maybe because it costs BILLIONS for hte rights to air the NFL gamers. So to have some nothing like this kid claim he is entitled to do it for free?
  
  You really HAVE to be stupid to not understand
http://twitter.com/Arif_3Lions Arif Ahmed

So is first row sports gna b put back up or not?
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ThePirate

Ya it is back up I’m on it now go to their twitter .eu link now haha ICE you need to work on immigration as for the FEDS eat a dick
- Anonymous
  
  So…the average pirate is an immature 12 year old child who still thinks “eat a dick” is clever?
  
  Don’t youEVER want to know what a naked woman feels like?
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Begbie

First Row is still showing for me. Has been all day.

America – Land of the free? Yes. You are free to do whatever you want provided it lines the pockets of big business. Modern day colonialists.
Guest

atdhe.eu
firstrowsports.eu
rojadirecta.me

have fun
Anonymous

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh @ the idiotic yanks blaming Obama.

Don’t you get it retards?? DON’T VOTE FOR THE GUYS WITH MASSIVE BANKING AND SPECIAL INTEREST FUNDING, PERIOD! Democrat or Republican don’t mean shit when the guys you’re voting for is the richest, dirtiest, slimiest, most repulsive scum of the earth; when “Presidential” to you means some dude with a emotionless expression, a perfect smile, a rich upbringing and rich friends he owes favours.

Instead. Educate yourself. Rally for the little guy. Make sure you’re active and above party lines. Don’t vote Republican or Democrat – vote American. Make sure your friends and family do the same. Show em where the money is coming from and let them know they’re considering voting for a scumbag. Voice your opinion on Facebook, Twitter, messageboards and any god damn outlet you can think of. THIS is how you change things.

You can blame “the government” all you want but the bottomline is that it’s guys like you, the dumb two party system loyal american, who are creating this shit. It’s you and you alone. Politics is not a football game where when your team wins you win too. Change your status from Democrat or Republican to American and do it NOW.

IT IS HEALTHY TO HATE AND DISTRUST POLITICIANS!
- http://www.facebook.com/anthony.wing Anthony Wing
  
  well said. thanks for the needed slap to the face. -slightly smarter yank.
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Imotadin

I don’t care about Super Bowl (never watched the garbage!), but I do care about the real football. So taking down Soccertvlive.net really hurts. However, I am certain there will be plenty of similar streaming sites soon. One down – three up. That is not victory.
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http://twitter.com/AbeVigoda10 Abraham

Homeland Security: Protecting big businesses and screwing over people all over the world that just want to watch their favorite team that they CAN’T EVEN LEGALLY GET IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY BECAUSE CABLE COMPANIES AND THE CHANNELS DON’T EVEN CARRY THE GAMES

I live in America, I like watching Sky Sports News. Yes we get it two hours a day on FSC, but often I am out, maybe I want to watch it at another time than 2am. I like soccer. Yes, we can watch SOME games on FSC and ESPN, but not all, and it’s not always the team I support. I graduated from college and moved halfway across the country. I don’t get the FSN from back home, I get the FSN from where I live now. Maybe I want to watch my college play basketball instead of the local hockey team. Why should I be considered a “criminal” for that? Because I don’t pay hundreds of dollars to get access to ALL the FSN’s? Because I can’t live in multiple states and countries at the same time?

Everyone at homeland security and ICE can suck my fucking dick.
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Guest

The irony is that the NFL’s own player has admitted to using illegal streaming to watch the Super Bowl.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/tom-brady-used-illegal-stream-watch-super-bowl-163414793.html
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FedUpAmerican

I personally do not use the sites that stream sports mostly because I don’t trust them. I have had far to many leave more on my system than I had when I got there.

The only difference between watching on the internet and on, say, a Tivo that I can see is the source. One is from a TV channel which has the rights to broadcast it, and the other is from an internet site that doesn’t. If advertising revenue is the concern, with TIVO I can skip it. With live TV, I can walk out of the room. With Internet, it’s pretty much the same. I for one watch the super bowl (when the teams I root for are not in it) FOR the commercials. I think for the most part, they are the funniest and most creative of the year. Doesn’t mean I’ll buy their products, but they are entertaining none the less. Now, are these internet sites broadcasting the game for profit? Are they charging the veiwers a fee to watch the game? In some circles that is called illegal and in others it is called viewer choice. Just like giving money to a polician can be called bribery, or it can be called lobbying. What it comes down to is control and purse strings. He who controls the purse strings, is in control.

As for what we, the people of the world, can do about it, we can quit watching the stupid games, shows and movies. No audience, no power. Over the last 40 years, we have put entirely too much stock into entertainment. Caesar had it right and it was well said in the movie gladiator (I know, ironic to be quoting a movie in a rant about movies), “Rome is the mob. Conjure magic for them and they’ll be distracted. Take away their freedom and still they’ll roar. The beating heart of Rome is not the marble of the senate, it’s the sand of the coliseum. He’ll bring them death – and they will love him for it.” We the people of the world are Rome. If you want a revolution, then for crying out loud, do it for the right reasons. Saying, give me what you worked on for free or I’ll pitch a hissy fit is stupid. Saying, “who are you again? I’m sorry, I don’t watch tv, sports or movies.” Now that is revolutionary. Its time for people to get back to what is actually important in this life. Movies, TV, etc, has way too much enfluence. They enfluence elections, personal preferences, opinions. The are an out of touch, privileged crowd who know that the common man will listen to them. Take their power away and watch what happens when the people of the world have to make their own opinions without media enfluence. You want to make a difference, then get out there any get people to turn off their TVs, their computers, and their radios, stay out of the theaters, and go outside. Explore, go fishing, camp, build something, learn about the real world around you, not the one depicted on TV or in the movies. Spend time with your families. Get to really know them.

One last thing, entertainment is not a right, nor is it need. It is a want pure and simple and because we want it so bad, it rules over us.
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http://blog.thehigheredcio.com Jerry Bishop

Just goes to show you the touchdown dance by those opposed to SOPA and PIPA was premature.
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Anonymous

There is NO censorship to debate to anyone that matters. TV networks pay BILLIONS fo the rights to air teh Superbowl. This idiot should not be allowed to do so for free.
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Yeah, kill one and other like http://firstrow.bz come from darkness. Soon only streaming websites will be up.
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You’d think that the Homeland Security agency and the Dept. of Justice would have more important things to work on other than shut down websites…
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