Is blogging a risky business??

[gsvol]

Mystery shrouds closures of blog, forum platforms | Media Maverick - CNET News

"I can not disclose which agency or why they [ordered the action]," Arcus said. "I can say that this is not a copyright issue."
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He said that he didn't know of any agency that had the authority to terminate service for thousands of people without essentially jumping through all kinds of legal hoops. Not even federal officials in child pornography investigations can immediately shut down hosting services.

U.S. Authorities Shut Down Wordpress Host With 73,000 Blogs | TorrentFreak

Bn.xx*********** was terminated by request of law enforcement officials, due to material hosted on the server.

We are limited as to the details we can provide to you, but note that this was a critical matter and the only available option to us was to immediately deactivate the server.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Not sure if you know this, but TorrentFreak is a bit-torrent hosting site. Bit-torrent is like Napster on steroids, allowing you to download complete musical discographies, movies, video games, and pirated software at incredibly high rates for free. Those 73,000 blogs were streaming movies and music, which is illegal.

 

[utvolpj]

not all are for illegal things

 

[DinkinFlicka]

not all are for illegal things

I've never met a bit-torrent user that didn't legally use their torrent clients.