on 30 june 2010 u.s. immigration and customs enforcement (ice) officials seized seven domains for "violations of federal criminal copyright infringement laws". this action was authorized by a warrant issued by the manhattan federal court following a request by the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. the manhattan u.s. attorney's office alleged that the seven websites engaged in "criminal copyright infringement" and were "involved in the illegal distribution of copyrighted movies and television programs over the internet".