82 Pirate Sites Shut Down, But WikiLeaks Walks?

PCWorld reports "Courts Shut Down 82 Sites for Alleged Copyright Violations." Meanwhile, "Foreign Terrorist Organization" WikiLeaks is still operating.

Vitaly Leibin, Editor-in-Chief of Russian Reporter Magazine, comments that WikiLeaks could never have happened without people inside the government wanting the information exposed.

PCWORLD Nov 29, 2010 | Two U.S. government agencies have obtained seizure orders from courts across the nation for the domain names of 82 websites accused of selling products that infringe copyright law, including music, movies and handbags.

The seizure orders, from courts in eight states and Washington, D.C., have allowed the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to shut down sites including Torrent-finder.com, DVDscollection.com, Sunglasses-mall.com, and NFLjerseysupply.com, officials from the agencies said Monday.

News reports of multiple site closures surfaced in the last few days, but officials with the two agencies talked about the actions during a press conference Monday.    more »