By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
Now of days, you can see almost any movie — be it new or old — without going out to the the theater or renting a video– and all for free.
Unfortunately, the whole set up is illegal.
On Wednesday, federal authorities clamped down and disabled nine websites that allowed people to download pirated movies, some which had just been released, the Associated Press reported. Some of the free movies included Karate Kid and Sex and The City 2.
As part of the broadsweeping crackdown, AP reported that authorities seized assets from 15 bank, investment and advertising accounts, and executed residential search warrants in North Carolina, New Jersey, New York and Washington.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York spearheaded the effort.
U.S. Attorney PREET BHARARA said, “Criminal copyright
infringement occurs on a massive scale over the Internet, and reportedly results in billions of dollars in losses to the U.S. economy,” N.Y. U.S. Preet Bharara said in a statement. “That translates into lost jobs and real hardships for ordinary working people. That’s why we took today’s action. If your business model is movie piracy, your story will not have a happy ending.”
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