Torrentz.eu Domain Suspended After UK Police Request
Found on Ars Technica on Tuesday, 27 May 2014
A few days ago police sent out another round of requests to various domain name registrars, asking them to suspend the domains of several allegedly infringing sites. Before the weekend we reported that the cyberlocker search engine FileCrop was targeted, and today the same happened to Torrentz.eu.
Previously, ICANN’s Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy panel ruled that registrars can’t hold domain names hostage simply because a law enforcement agency believes it may be infringing.
“Operation Creative is a ground-breaking initiative is designed to disrupt and prevent websites from providing unauthorised access to copyrighted content, in partnership with the creative and advertising industries.”
"Operation Creative" fits just perfectly. It's a creative method to circumvent the traditional way and allows the entertainment industry to shut down websites via police sockpuppets; without any legally binding ruling from a judge. This sounds more like "we take the law into our own hands"; a mentality more common in the Wild West. Someone really needs to explain to the London Police how the legal process works so that this schoolyard bullying won't continue.