Security News > 2022 > June > US, Brazil seize 272 websites used to illegally download music
The domains of six websites that streamed and provided illegal downloads of copyrighted music were seized by U.S. Homeland Security Investigations and the Department of Justice.
"According to court documents, law enforcement identified these six domains as being used to distribute copyrighted material without the authorization of the copyright holders," the Justice Department said today in a press release.
"A law enforcement investigation confirmed that copyright-protected music content was present and available for streaming or downloading on each of these six websites from the Eastern District of Virginia."
The six domains seized in the US were registered with US-based registrars and were taken down following a joint investigation with Brazilian authorities dubbed Operation 404.4.
The websites were advertised on social media to attract users willing to download and stream the illegal music content they provided.
"The seizure of these six domains by the government will prevent third parties from streaming and downloading copyright-protected content from these sites," the Justice Department added.