In recent months, the Government Agency “ICE”; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun tracking and seizing illegal web sites. Even with the efforts of ICE, new illegal content sites pop up every day.  There is a very simple method of determining a web sites content validity. If a web site provides links or downloads for new release movies, movies still in theaters or content you know could not be online yet, theres a reasonable chance the web site is illegal.

If your site or any site you frequent displays the following message, the site has been seized by ICE.

Why shouldn’t we search out and watch illegal Internet content?

As with any illegal enterprise, the final costs are often greater than the reward. Initially web site owners who provide access to illegal content have their domain and hosting seized. This is where ICE investigators step in and trace the origins of the seized domain, hosting account and mailing address associated. Web site owners hosted and managed from the US are quickly arrested and assets frozen. Outside the US, foreign agencies intervene and investigate to ensure that when possible guilty individuals are brought to justice.

As an individual searching for specific illegal content you have many issues to consider. Besides the usual moral and ethical dilemma, pirated content is often riddled with back-door viruses and malware. There is no virus protection in place from the web site, since in most cases they are receiving benefits from your misfortune. Users are often inundated with pop up malware, Trojan horses and unwanted directory changes to your PC. These changes end up in the eventual destruction of your machine, and often leave you wishing you had done it the legal way.

A good rule of thumb with online programming is to keep it “WhiteHatt”, legal, licensed and free when available.

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