“This is a long fight, but we at ICE and the Department of Justice are committed.” “Will these sites reappear under a different domain name? Yes, they will-but we are not going away,” Morton said during the press conference. As part of the second operation announced today, undercover agents purchased a range of goods from the sites –sports jerseys, designer handbags and boxed DVD sets-and verified with the rights holder that the goods were indeed counterfeit.Īlthough the sites are no longer active, ICE Director John Morton warned there’s a long road ahead in going after rogue sites.
The seizure of the 82 rogue sites is the second part of an earlier initiative conducted in June, Operation in Our Sites, which took down nine sites that offered pirated movies. Owners of the affected sites reported that they hadn’t received any warning before their sites were taken down. “Although today’s progress is an important step forward, we cannot be satisfied and we must not be complacent.”ĭuring the holiday weekend, the Web was swirling with news of of ICE shutting down the domain names of several file-sharing sites. Attorney General Eric Holder during a press conference Monday morning. “Anyone attempting to access those websites will no longer be able to make a purchase,” said U.S.
A number of file-sharing websites were also shut down, such as and. The seized websites include, and, which were attempting to sell counterfeit luxury brands. A large banner that says ICE has seized the domain name, or Web address, has been placed across the seized websites.
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Of the websites that were shut down, 77 of them sold counterfeit goods that were produced and shipped from China, while five sites offered illicit music, movies and TV shows. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency, took place in advance of Cyber Monday, one of the busiest online shopping days of the year. The operation, which was a coordinated effort between the U.S.
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As part of a continued effort to crack down on copyright infringement, the government has seized the Web addresses of 82 websites that offered a range of counterfeit goods and pirated content.
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