It makes a lot of sense. Maybe not a hoax but rather a stunt to raise awareness to what may be the future scenarios when the Internet Police begins patrolling the traffic aggregation alleys... On 28 November 2010 11:25, Amr Elsadr <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks for the link Rafik. The ICE website ( > http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1006/100630losangeles.htm) lists seven > sites of which warrants were issued to seize their domain names: > > "TVSHACK.NET, MOVIES-LINKS.TV, FILESPUMP.COM, NOW-MOVIES.COM, > PLANETMOVIEZ.COM, THEPIRATECITY.ORG, and ZML.COM". > > The source code of these pages is not the same as that of > torrent-finder.com. > > Amr Elsadr M.D. > Chief Operating Officer > Tele-Med International > http://www.telemedint.net > Tel: +2(023)534-6098 > Fax: +2(023)534-6029 > > -----Original Message----- > From: NCSG-NCUC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Claude Almansi > Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 11:43 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: U.S. Government Seizes BitTorrent Search Engine Domain and > More > > Thanks for the further info about a possible hoax, Rafik and Joly. > > I had not seen < > http://grandgood.com/2010/11/27/domain-name-seizures-of-popular-rap-file-sharing-sites-potentially-an-elaborate-hoax/ > >. > However, re the slashdot comment it quotes about the registration of > torrent-finder.com, I am not sure it is pertinent: torrent-finder.com > has been about at least since Jan. 3, 2006, according to > <http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://torrent-finder.com>. > > Best > > Claude > > 2010/11/28 Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]>: > > Well that is getting more fuzzy, http://j.mp/f8EClO people pretending > that > > is. Elaborated hoax > > > > Rafik > > > > BlackBerry from DOCOMO > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Joly MacFie <[log in to unmask]> > > Sender: NCSG-NCUC <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 03:47:37 -0500 > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > ReplyTo: Joly MacFie <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: U.S. Government Seizes BitTorrent Search Engine Domain and > More > > Yep the scripts are just a bunch of analytics - piwik and google - why > would > > they use both, or any for that matter? > > > > Very good question! > > j > > >