WASHINGTON - Mozilla, the developer non profit of the Firefox Web browser, is offshore to comply with a request of the Government to delete a software designed to circumvent federal efforts to curb piracy on the Internet.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of the Department of Homeland Security, was before addresses Internet of accused of piracy sites, so visitors cannot reach their typing in domain names. Sites, however, still exist on other addresses.
The tool MafiaaFire for Firefox, developed by a third party but available through Mozilla, seeks to automatically alternate names of seized with the addresses match, similar to a transfer service for e-mail, so that visitors can reach the sites.
As stated by the Advocate General of Mozilla Harvey Anderson, that DHS asked Mozilla to remove the MafiaaFire of a site where Firefox users can add features in the browser.
As stated by Anderson, that the group is awaiting more information from the Government before taking action. He wants to know if the tool is illegal, and if it is legally obliged to withdraw.
Anderson said Mozilla complies with legal mandates, but has not received an order of the Court and the DHS has not answered the questions of Mozilla. The order raises questions about when businesses should accept government censorship claims, Anderson said in a Thursday blog.
Anderson said that the Government alleges that the MafiaaFire tool allows to avoid a court order to disable sites distribute content protected by copyright, including sports events and pay-per-live.
In a statement, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement said he "did not publicly comment on our interaction with the intermediaries of the Internet on the issues of property intellectual theft application.".
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