Yeah, the site looks like it's back up.

http://www.websitedown.net/cryptome-org

But for how long? I imagine that Cryptome gets hit with takedown notices on a daily basis.

They ain't what they used to be. Like the government listening to every phonecall, reading every email, txt-message...

Yeah. It's a criminal investigation. They're looking for thought-crime. Obviously.

What a bunch of pathetic losers.

Now that the site is back up, I hope some disgruntled Microsoft employee that is sick of having chairs hurled at her/him mails Cryptome a copy of the source code to Windows 7 (and maybe MS office, too). Then this could be similarly "purposely circulated it to embarrass the company", despite DMCA Nazism.

Wouldn't the open source boys and girls have fun picking through those millions of lines of code...I wonder what the chance that many thousands of code segments would be found to infringe on GPL'd code? If there was anything that could stop Microsoft (and its media cartel buddies) from using its "legal" bullying tactics against citizens, businesses, and whole countries, this would be it. Public domain knowledge is power.

Microsoft could do the world a a great service by levelling the playing field by paying the resulting fines to all of the open source companies (and countries using open source) that it and its media buddies are trying to push around and put out of business.

It is not the fault of the judicial system that MS tried to mis-use the DMCA to take down a legitimate website that they didn't like.

I blame Ken's parents for passing along low quality DNA :(

I didn't realise this here had become the other plaice...

And that I blame M$ on their actions here: first trying to suppress the file, then when PR turned against them, now saying it's no big deal after all, just a casual threat.

By the way, I had trouble with the captcha image not appearing previously.

When "law enforcement" leans on you, resist. Most of what they threaten is sheer bluff, relying on your ignorance and fear. All citizens have *some* duty to keep the gov't from harassing others.

THIS, though, isn't just complying with lawful demands, it's HELPING up front:
"It advises law enforcement on how to file subpoenas, outlines what data Microsoft keeps on users of its online services such as Xbox Live and Hotmail, and explains how to parse the resulting user data."

You can be SURE that M$ will resist to the utmost any attempt by anyone to get a look at *their* details, but when it comes to *your* privacy, PFFFT! M$ isn't a good corporate citizen, it's actively in cahoots with governments.

If you've ever had to deal with law enforcement when a crime has been committed using your IT resources or services, you must help them or you may find yourself in a very bad position, or even behind bars. This isn't MS's fault, it's our judicial system's fault. However, putting pressure on big companies like MS could force them to push back and maybe get laws changed.