The New York Times is reporting that the Immigration and Customs Service, a part of Homeland Security, has seized numerous sites accused of facilitating illegal sharing of music and movies through the internet.
This is just a quick diary, and if this has already been reported here, I apologize for the redundancy. I was headed to bed and saw this on the Huffington Post as I was plugging in my Phone to charge overnight.
The significance of this move, including its scale and close working relationship between Homeland Security and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) must be ominous to those denizens of cyber space who value both freedom of speech and the rule of law. More after the jump.