This is the second wave - according to the officers involved, who i met at the iacc conference, they plan to continue the practice. 

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On Nov 26, 2010, at 4:54 AM, "martinsutton@hsbc.com" <martinsutton@hsbc.com> wrote:


The US government has today seized a selection of domains belonging to sites associated with peer-to-peer file sharing and counterfeit goods - apparently without notifying their owners nor going through the court systems. - http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/26/homeland-security-goes-domain-capture-spree/

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