The U.S. government has resumed the punnily-named Operation In Our Sites, and has seized a new round of domains that have been associated with copyright infringement or crimes related to counterfeiting. This round of seizures signals the fourth round of doman seizures, and the first round since February of this year. Though which seized domains have yet to be officially revealed, TorrentFreak found a handful of the seized sites: Re1ease.net, Watchnewfilms.com, Dvdcollectionsale.com, Dvdscollection.com, Dvdsetsonline.com, and Newstylerolex.com. If attempting to visit these sites, one will be greeted with the above graphic.
TorrentFreak reports that both Re1ease.net and Watchnewfilms.com were linking to movie streaming sites, thus making them both a target, and the rest of the confirmed sites are being linked to the sale of counterfeit items. As more sites are seized — even though they usually end up operating under a different domain soon after the seizure — it seems the government is realizing how rampant piracy is, how easy it is to obtain pirated material in this day and age, and are beginning to see various forms of digital piracy as a legitimate problem.
(via TorrentFreak)
