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> Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:21:42 -0400 > Subject: FBI SEIZES INDYMEDIA SERVERS > From: The Wisdom Fund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > THE WISDOM FUND News & Views > MORE AT > http://www.twf.org/News/Y1999/0909-WebSite.html > > > First they came for Dagestani websites, then > Muslim websites. Now they've > come for UK websites. > > October 8, 2004 > > FBI SEIZES INDYMEDIA SERVERS > By Online Staff > > > ����The FBI has issued an order to hosting > provider Rackspace in the US, > ordering it to turn over two of the servers > hosting the Independent Media > Centre's websites in the UK, a statement from > the group says. > > ����Rackspace has offices in the US and the UK. > Independent Media Center, > which is better known as Indymedia, was set up > in 1999 to provide > grassroots coverage of the World Trade > Organisation (WTO) protests in > Seattle. > > ����Rackspace complied with the FBI order, > without first notifying > Indymedia, and turned over Indymedia's server > in the UK. This affects over > 20 Indymedia sites worldwide, the group said. > > ����Indymedia said it did not know why the > order had been issued as it was > issued to Rackspace. Rackspace told some of the > group's volunteers "they > cannot provide Indymedia with any information > regarding the order." ISPs > have received gag orders in similar situations > which prevent them from > updating the parties involved on what is > happening. > > ����Indymedia said a second server was taken > down at Rackspace. This > provided streaming radio to several radio > stations, BLAG (a Linux > distribution), and a handful of miscellanous > things. > > ����In August the US Secret Service used a > subpoena in an attempt to > disrupt the New York city Independent Media > Center before the Republican > National Convention by trying to get IP logs > from an ISP in the US and the > Netherlands. > > ����Last month the US Federal Communications > Commission shut down community > radio stations around the US. Two weeks ago the > FBI asked Indymedia to > remove a post on the Nantes IMC that had a > photo of some undercover Swiss > police and IMC volunteers in Seattle were > visited by the FBI on the same > issue. > > ����Indymedia said the list of local media > collectives affected included > Amazonia, Uruguay, Andorra, Poland, Western > Massachusetts, Nice, Nantes, > Lilles, Marseille (all France), Euskal Herria > (Basque Country), Liege, East > and West Vlaanderen, Antwerpen (all Belgium), > Belgrade, Portugal, Prague, > Galiza, Italy, Brazil, UK, part of the Germany > site, and the global > Indymedia Radio site. > > > --- > In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, > this material is > distributed without profit to those who have > expressed a prior interest in > receiving the included information for research > and educational purposes. > > FREE DOWNLOAD "THE WAR ON ISLAM" at > http://www.twf.org/Library/woi3aL.pdf > MORE about the book at > http://www.twf.org/Library/WaronIslam.html > > REPLY TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- to ADD or REMOVE > your name from our mailing list > use "ADDtwflist" or "REMOVEtwflist" in SUBJECT > line. > > The Wisdom Fund > www.twf.org > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/MknplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VTJP/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
