Feds and Hollywood Seize Domains of Movie Pirates

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @11:57PM from the mine-now-I-take-it dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "The federal government and Hollywood teamed up to seize domain names of seven sites that allegedly trafficked in copyrighted movies without due payment. The so-called 'Operation in Our Sites' sting targeted TVShack.net, Movies-links.tv, Filespump.com, Now-movies.com, PlanetMoviez.com, PirateCity.org, zml.com, NinjaVideo.net, and NinjaThis.net. The operation was run by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, in conjunction with several Hollywood studios. Unlike past anti-piracy efforts, the sites did not actually offer the movies for download, but instead streamed the movies and TV shows against ads. Previously, movie crackdowns had concentrated on sites that distributed movie files, most recently using the BitTorrent protocol."

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Re:You Americans *do* need to fear terrorists. by Anonymous Coward · 2010-07-01 00:54 · Score: 4, Funny

Remember: just because you agree with it doesn't make it unbiased.
Agreed.
Re:Method Comparison by DoofusOfDeath · 2010-07-01 00:59 · Score: 4, Funny

If you want to kill streaming, go after the base that supports them.
You want to prosecute screenwriters???
Man, you're hardcore.
Re:The US economy is saved! by tomknight · 2010-07-01 02:03 · Score: 4, Funny

Whereas I reportedly have a massive Ferrari and two sex organs. I'm available for weddings, church fetes, funerals and bar mitzvahs.

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