Reader Supported News: US Shuts Down Web Sites in Piracy Crackdown

US Shuts Down Web Sites in Piracy Crackdown

By Ben Sisario, The New York Times

27 November 10

http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-news-section/68-68/4066-us-shuts-down-web-sites-in-piracy-crackdown

This is a slippery slope, what will the government assume the authority to shut down next? - SMG/RSN

In what appears to be the latest phase of a far-reaching federal crackdown on online piracy of music and movies, the Web addresses of a number of sites that facilitate illegal file-sharing were seized this week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a division of the Department of Homeland Security.

By Friday morning, visiting the addresses of a handful of sites that either hosted unauthorized copies of films and music or allowed users to search for them elsewhere on the Internet produced a notice that said, in part: "This domain name has been seized by ICE - Homeland Security Investigations, pursuant to a seizure warrant issued by a United States District Court."  http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-news-section/68-68/4066-us-shuts-down-web-sites-in-piracy-crackdown

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