New York Investigators Seize Websites that Streamed Copyrighted Sporting Events

Seizure warrants were recently executed against 10 websites that illegally streamed live sporting telecasts and pay-per-view events over the Internet, as part of an ongoing investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).   The websites, which were seized pursuant to a federal court order in the Southern District of New York, were among the most popular on the Internet for illegally distributing copyrighted sporting events. The websit