Puerto 80 Petitions for Release of Domain Names Seized by ICE

A Spanish company that owns two domains seized by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has petitioned the court to release the domains.  The company, Puerto 80 Projects, filed a brief in the Second District of New York which argues that its website  – rojadirectica.com (also rojadirectica.org) – is an online discussion forum which “two Spanish courts specifically held that the website was operating legally and did not infringe copyrights.”

The company describes having trouble initiating a discussion with the correct authorities at ICE, and eventually being informed that “the only acceptable ‘compromise’ would entail Puerto 80 prohibiting its users from linking to any U.S. content anywhere on its sites.”

The petition was reported in an EFF blog post by Abigail Phillips.

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  • Mike Palmedo

    Mike Palmedo is the admin for infojustice.org, and he manages interdisciplinary research on copyright exceptions at American University College of Law's Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. He has Masters degrees Economics and in International Affairs, and is an economics PhD candidate.

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