Original Article on Wired Magazine

wpautop enabled For more than a year, and without explanation, the government redirected hip-hop site Dajaz1.com to this landing page.The hip-hop music site the authorities shuttered for more than a year without explanation has lashed out at the recording industry and the federal government, likening the taking of the site to a digital Guantanamo.Seizing a blog for linking to four songs, even allegedly infringing ones, is equivalent to seizing the printing press of The New York Times because the newspaper, in its concert calendar, refers readers to four concerts where the promoters of those concerts have failed to pay ASCAP for the performance licenses, Andre Nasib, the sites owner, wrote in a blog post Monday on the popular dajaz1.com site...(read more)