US Authorities Seize Domain Names of Download Sites
This Messages Appears on the Seized Domains
US Authorities announced today in a press conference held at Disney Studios in Burbank that their new initiative “Operation in Our Sites” seized nine domain names linked to websites that could be used to download pirated content. The initiative partners law-enforcement officials with representatives of the entertainment industry.
“American business is under attack from counterfeiters and pirates,” Immigration and Customs’ Assistant Secretary John Morton said at the press conference. “Internet crooks threaten the U.S. economy on a grand scale.”
Officials said that the seized sites had attracted 6.7 million visitors in a single month.The seized domain names and their registrars were:
- TVShack.net (TodayNic)
- Movies-links.tv (DirectI)
- Filespump.com (DirectI)
- Now-movies.com (GoDaddy)
- PlanetMoviez.com (eNom)
- PirateCity.org (Active 24)
- zml.com (BIZCN)
- NinjaVideo.net (eNom)
- NinjaThis.net (eNom)
Some of the domain names do not resolve, while the majority of them displays the “seized” message shown in a screenshot on the left. Not all of the registrars involved are located in the US.
[via The Wrap]
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