Wikileaks IP address

Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Jackie Danicki

Click here for the site, which has been royally screwed by a US court in an alarmingly dodgy decision.

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5 Responses to “Wikileaks IP address”

  1. 5chw4r7z, on February 19th, 2008 at 12:08 pm Said:

    Interesting that they have a link to everything except for The First Amendment. They didn’t want anyone thinking too deeply about that one, the most misunderstood amendment.
    Their First Amendment Rights were not violated because the government did not step in and shut them down, it went through the courts just like it is supposed to.
    Not agreeing or disagreeing just clearing up their version of the truth.

  2. Jackie Danicki, on February 19th, 2008 at 12:21 pm Said:

    Wait, are you saying Wikileaks are anti-free speech or anti-First Amendment? If so, why do you think this?

    I’ll quote the Guardian’s Charles Arthur here:

    [I]t’s a prima facie infringement of the US First Amendment - which says that “Congress shall pass no law .. abridging the freedom of speech”. Sites on the internet are speech.

  3. 5chw4r7z, on February 19th, 2008 at 3:04 pm Said:

    http://88.80.13.160/wiki/US_court_attacks_web_freedom
    I forget I went off the main page and thats why this sounded like it was out of left field, sorry, but to elaborate.

    I’m saying Wikileak’s First Amendment rights were never violated, because the government didn’t step in and shut them down.
    Wikileaks posted something, Cayman Island’s Bank had a problem with it and sued them. The First Amendment lets you say what you want, but doesn’t protect you from the consequences of saying it.
    I can say what ever I want about someone, but I can’t claim my rights are violated when they punch me in the nose.
    Well I can and will, but I still deserve it.
    Wikileaks getting sued for slander isn’t the same as Congress passing laws on speech.

  4. Eric M, on February 19th, 2008 at 3:04 pm Said:

    They do mention that they view this as a direct violation of their first amendment rights here:

    http://88.80.13.160/wiki/Wikileaks.org_under_injunction

  5. Jackie Danicki, on February 19th, 2008 at 3:55 pm Said:

    Bob, the point is that the judge’s decision is in direct contradition to the First Amendment. I’m not quite sure what argument you’re making to disprove that.

    As noted in the Techdirt commentary (did you read that?), taking down the ENTIRE SITE and flouting safe harbor provisions for providers is of extremely dubious legality.

    Thanks for the link, Eric.

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