k wrote:
] ] "The FBI can't pull the plug on more than 20 news
] ] websites -- our modern printing presses -- based on a
] ] secret proceeding at the request of a foreign government.
] ] This is a flagrant violation of the First Amendment,"
] ] said Kevin Bankston, EFF attorney and Equal Justice
] ] Works/Bruce J. Ennis Fellow. "As far as the Constitution
] ] is concerned, Indymedia has the same rights as any other
] ] news publisher. The government can't shut down the New
] ] York Times, and it can't shut down Indymedia."
]
] [ A story to keep your eyes on... -k]

"The Indymedia seizure bears a striking resemblance to EFF's very first case, Steve Jackson Games v. US Secret Service. In that case, the Secret Service seized the hardware and software of Steve Jackson Games, an Austin, Texas-based computer game publisher. That seizure, which shut down an Internet bulletin board and email server in addition to disrupting the publisher's business, was found to be an illegal violation of the publisher's rights."

Anyone know why Steve Jackson games was bothered by the Secret Service? It seems completely inexplicable to me.