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Following on the heels of this week’s domain seizure of a large hiphop file-sharing links forum, it’s clear today that the U.S. Government has been very busy.
First, Music sites
Music Blogs Caught Up in Labels’ Online Piracy Fight
“At first I thought it was hackers,” Mr. Hofman said. But within hours a notice went up on the site saying that its domain name had been seized by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit of the ; it was one of dozens of sites shut down, accused of copyright infringement and selling counterfeit goods.
U.S. Shutters 82 Sites in Crackdown on Downloads, Counterfeit Goods
<img class="size-full wp-image-25771 alignnone" title="iceseizurenotice" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/epicenter/2010/11/iceseizurenotice1.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480" />During the past 24 hours the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have seized several domains belonging to major sports streaming sites. While the authorities have not yet officially commented on the actions, there is little doubt that we’re dealing with a “Super Bowl Crackdown”. Whether the actions will have much effect has to be doubted, as the affected sites are continuing on other domains.
Second, Sports sites
Sports fanatics around the web had already started to notice , but today federal officials gave a full list of the sports-streaming websites they have seized in advance of Superbowl Sunday.
New Details
Feds Seize 18 More Domains in Piracy Crackdown
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-23810" title="iceseizurenotice1" src="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2011/02/iceseizurenotice11.jpeg" alt="" width="640" height="480" /> The U.S. government seized 18 more internet domains Monday, bringing to at least 119 the number of seizures following the June commencement of the so-called “Operation in Our Sites” anti-piracy program.
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Operation Protect Our Children
84,000 Websites Shutdown, ‘By Mistake’
The US Government has yet again shuttered several domain names this week.Do domain seizures keep streaming sites down?
US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) has caused tremendous controversy over the past year by seizing domain names belonging to sites that allegedly infringe copyright or sell counterfeit goods.US authorities have initiated the largest round of domain name seizures yet as part of their continued crackdown on counterfeit and piracy-related websites.
Feds Seize 130+ Domain Names in Mass Crackdown
And now people get arrested