The Federal Government has commenced a major crackdown of online piracy of music and movies. During the crackdown, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement department of Homeland Security seized the domain names of a number of websites involved in the transfer of copyrighted materials and media. Websites that either hosted unauthorized copies of films and music, as well as allowed users to search for unauthorized copies hosted elsewhere were targets of seizures. Websites that provided access to counterfeit clothing, DVDs and other illegal or counterfeit goods were included in the takedowns.
Domains that were seized included torrent-finder.com, onsmash.com, rapgodfathers.com and dajaz1.com. At least 70 other websites/domains were seized as part of the crackdown.