Dept. of Justice shutters Sharebeast, the largest US-based filesharing service
17 09 2015On Friday, the Department of Justice and the RIAA claimed another victory in the never-ending battle against file-sharing when the government agency seized the domain of Sharebeast.com. The site now only displays the notice above, saying the FBI acted “pursuant to a seizure warrant related to suspect criminal copyright infringement.” According to a DOJ release on the initiative, Sharebeast represented the largest US-based file sharing service before it was taken down.
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