CENSORSHIP AT INDYMEDIA?

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If you run the INDYMEDIA IP addresses by a DNS server you find the following:

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Name: adelaide.indymedia.org.au
Address: 203.12.146.250
Aliases: adelaide.indymedia.org

Name: www.cat.org.au
Address: 203.53.14.41
Aliases: www.indymedia.org.nz

Name: conway.cat.org.au
Address: 203.53.14.41
Aliases: brisbane.indymedia.org

Name: jakarta.indymedia.org.au
Address: 203.12.146.250
Aliases: jakarta.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: melbourne.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: sydney.indymedia.org

Name: nigeria.indymedia.org
Address: 216.243.113.25

Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: southafrica.indymedia.org, sa.indymedia.org

stray.indymedia.org

Name: bear.indymedia.org
Address: 216.243.113.25
Aliases: athens.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: austria.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: barcelona.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: belgium.indymedia.org

Name: brisimc.www.southspace.net
Address: 217.207.126.51
Aliases: bristol.indymedia.org

Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: cyprus.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org

Name: euskalherria.indymedia.org
Address: 212.100.230.21

Name: www.vaikuttava.net
Address: 194.29.194.26

Name: germany.indymedia.org
Addresses: 134.102.6.205, 213.73.91.34, 216.231.32.98

Name: indymedia.ie
Address: 66.39.75.250
Aliases: ireland.indymedia.org

Name: italy.indymedia.org
Address: 212.100.230.23

Name: fanelli.sindominio.net
Address: 213.172.36.134
Aliases: madrid.indymedia.org, acp.sindominio.net

Name: indymedia.nl
Address: 192.87.116.7

Name: defiance.copyleft.no
Address: 213.151.134.68
Aliases: www.indymedia.no

Name: portugal.indymedia.org
Address: 212.100.230.20
Aliases: pt.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: prague.indymedia.org

Name: mule.mutualaid.org
Address: 66.92.157.137
Aliases: russia.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: sweden.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: switzerland.indymedia.org

Name: bear.indymedia.org
Address: 216.243.113.25
Aliases: thessaloniki.indymedia.org

Name: sharedweb.srv.poptel.org.uk
Address: 213.55.14.32
Aliases: www.indymedia.org.uk

Name: ender.indymedia.org
Address: 64.69.77.162
Aliases: alberta.indymedia.org, calgary.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: hamilton.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: maritimes.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: montreal.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: ontario.indymedia.org

Name: ottawa.indymedia.ca
Address: 66.11.170.74

Name: cmaq.net
Address: 216.46.21.42
Aliases: quebec.indymedia.org, www.cmaq.net

Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: thunderbay.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org

Name: ender.indymedia.org
Address: 64.69.77.162
Aliases: vancouver.indymedia.org

Name: ender.indymedia.org
Address: 64.69.77.162
Aliases: victoria.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: windsor.indymedia.org

Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: argentina.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org

stray.indymedia.org
Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: bolivia.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: brasil.indymedia.org

Name: chiapas.indymedia.org
Address: 216.89.24.62

Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: chile.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org

stray.indymedia.org

Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: colombia.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: ecuador.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: mexico.indymedia.org

Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: peru.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org

Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: uruguay.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org

stray.indymedia.org
Name: indymedia.org.il
Address: 65.18.167.60

Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: jerusalem.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org

Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: arizona.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org

stray.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: atlanta.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: austin.indymedia.org

Name: baltimoreimc.org
Address: 207.87.59.92
Aliases: baltimore.indymedia.org, www.baltimoreimc.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: boston.indymedia.org

Name: buffalo.indymedia.org
Address: 216.153.135.84

Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: cfl.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: chicago.indymedia.org

Name: www.madhattersimc.org
Address: 64.29.16.110

Name: mule.mutualaid.org
Address: 66.92.157.137
Aliases: dc.indymedia.org

Name: judi.indymedia.org
Address: 67.113.144.26
Aliases: eugene.indymedia.org

Name: indyhawaii.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: www.indyhawaii.org

Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: houston.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org

stray.indymedia.org
Name: idaho.indymedia.org
Address: 208.39.216.125

Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: ithaca.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org

Name: la.indymedia.org
Address: 216.89.24.61

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: madison.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: maine.indymedia.org

Name: www.michiganimc.org
Address: 68.41.28.127

Name: www.stlimc.org
Address: 216.90.94.160
Aliases: milwaukee.indymedia.org, stlouis.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: twincities.indymedia.org, minneapolis.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: newjersey.indymedia.org

Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: newmexico.indymedia.org, nm.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org

Name: chapelhill.indymedia.org
Address: 152.2.210.81

Name: ntimc.org
Address: 66.197.72.127
Aliases: www.ntimc.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: nycap.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: nyc.indymedia.org

Name: phillyimc.org
Address: 207.106.76.109
Aliases: www.phillyimc.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: portland.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: richmond.indymedia.org

Name: zero.bandwidthcoop.org
Address: 216.243.113.29
Aliases: rochester.indymedia.org, zero.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: rockymountain.indymedia.org

Name: sandiego.indymedia.org
Address: 132.239.126.17

Name: sf.indymedia.org
Address: 209.133.53.78

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: santacruz.indymedia.org

Name: seattle.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98

Name: www.stlimc.org
Address: 216.90.94.160
Aliases: stlouis.indymedia.org

Name: urbana.indymedia.org
Address: 64.5.70.195

Name: stray.linefeed.org
Address: 216.218.240.191
Aliases: utah.indymedia.org, linefeed.indymedia.org, stray.indymedia.org

Name: stallman.indymedia.org
Address: 216.231.32.98
Aliases: vermont.indymedia.org

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I was interested in this, as some INDYMEDIA sites suffer from particularly heavy censorship,
and I wondered if they where connected in any way.

WELL THEY ARE. All the sites that censor heavily are included in the following list
(but not all of them censor heavily).


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The main computer with the

Name: stallman.indymedia.org and

IP Address: 216.231.32.98 has the following aliases

(that is all the following addresses are on the same computer)

Aliases: melbourne.indymedia.org
Aliases: sydney.indymedia.org
Aliases: austria.indymedia.org
Aliases: barcelona.indymedia.org
Aliases: belgium.indymedia.org
Aliases: germany.indymedia.org
Aliases: prague.indymedia.org
Aliases: sweden.indymedia.org
Aliases: switzerland.indymedia.org
Aliases: hamilton.indymedia.org
Aliases: maritimes.indymedia.org
Aliases: montreal.indymedia.org
Aliases: ontario.indymedia.org
Aliases: windsor.indymedia.org
Aliases: bolivia.indymedia.org
Aliases: brasil.indymedia.org
Aliases: ecuador.indymedia.org
Aliases: mexico.indymedia.org
Aliases: atlanta.indymedia.org
Aliases: austin.indymedia.org
Aliases: boston.indymedia.org
Aliases: chicago.indymedia.org
Aliases: madison.indymedia.org
Aliases: maine.indymedia.org
Aliases: twincities.indymedia.org
Aliases: minneapolis.indymedia.org
Aliases: newjersey.indymedia.org
Aliases: nycap.indymedia.org
Aliases: nyc.indymedia.org
Aliases: portland.indymedia.org
Aliases: richmond.indymedia.org
Aliases: rockymountain.indymedia.org
Aliases: santacruz.indymedia.org
Aliases: vermont.indymedia.org


So most of the sites that censor heavily are physically located on one computer
in NY/Boston. And they censor heavily. This (of course) does not imply that some
of the other sites are not also censorship.

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So lets hear it for R. Stallman, the champion of "free speech".

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