Topic: US Government Makes Spanish Tour Operator's Websites Disappear (Read 634 times)

mandy · « **on:** March 05, 2008, 08:18:46 AM »

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Steve Marshall is an English travel agent. He lives in Spain, and he sells trips to Europeans who want to go to sunny places, including Cuba. In October, about 80 of his Web sites stopped working, thanks to the United States government.

The sites, in English, French and Spanish, had been online since 1998. Some, like www.cuba-hemingway.com, were literary. Others, like www.cuba-havanacity.com, discussed Cuban history and culture. Still others — www.ciaocuba.com and www.bonjourcuba.com — were purely commercial sites aimed at Italian and French tourists...

full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/us/04bar.html?_r=2&sq=liptak&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&scp=1&adxnnlx=1204726420-Utk+3OnuW3Q7pbYnVNcB/w

jezebel · « **Reply #1 on:** March 05, 2008, 12:56:11 PM »

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Mr. Marshall said he did not understand “how Web sites owned by a British national operating via a Spanish travel agency can be affected by U.S. law.” Worse, he said, “these days not even a judge is required for the U.S. government to censor online materials.”

You can thank George Bush's fight for "freedom" for that.