Feds and Hollywood Seize Domains of Movie Pirates

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."

Errr...

[Anonymous Coward]

... put your sword away, no use you getting beat again ...

- Jack Sparrow

Re:You Americans *do* need to fear terrorists.

[PopeRatzo]

The effect of terrorism is that by harming a few people you hurt the majority by creating fear and thus terrorizing them, reducing their quality of life and freedoms.

If the purpose of this seizure was to frighten people into not pirating movies, I can tell you with some certainty: It did not work.

Personally, I think this was just blowback for all the terrible reviews of Twilight Eclipse.

Re:You Americans *do* need to fear terrorists.

[Anonymous Coward]

Remember: just because you agree with it doesn't make it unbiased.

Agreed.

Re:Method Comparison

[DoofusOfDeath]

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!

[Anonymous Coward]

no. you don't.

Re:That figures

[Rogerborg]

I guess Obama kind of owes them since it was their endorsement that helped put him into office.

.

See? He is an honest politician - he stays bought.

Re:The US economy is saved!

[tomknight]

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

Re:You Americans *do* need to fear terrorists.

[Mister Whirly]

I know. I was pulled away from my illegally downloaded copy of Sex and the City 2 to read this stupid article? What a waste of my time.