The Immigration and Customs Enforcement, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is working on more than 130 domain names seized, the biggest number so far. The sites would be guilty of piracy.
The operation, by the ICE, together with the ministry of Justice is carried out, is ‘Cyber Monday crackdown’. According to TorrentFreak, the American government has the domain names of more than 130 websites seized. This would make it the largest seizure to date.
It is on the list, especially websites that ask visitors for a fee would be asking for their services. A large part would be guilty of the sale of counterfeit products, such as clothing and shoes, while a smaller proportion of illegal software would offer. This makes the list more sophisticated than the seizures that a year ago took place in the framework of operation “In Our Sites”. Therefore, a domain name seized of websites that are streaming content offered.
Although the U.s. government already has the means to without the intervention of a judge websites by their domain name seized, in the United States is the far-reaching sopa legislation treated. This gives the government the right to not only domain names, but also the ability to search engines to force web sites out of their index. In addition, payment processors, and advertisers are forced to develop their ties with alleged pirated sites by cutting.
