Snagging a domain is far more a symbolic gesture than an act calculated to cripple a criminal enterprise.
"Gee, the Feds took our domain? Now how we ever gonna get another domain?"
Doh!
“We are dedicated to protecting the jobs, the income and the tax revenue that disappear when organized criminals traffic in stolen movies for their own profit,” said ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton.
Now there's an interesting, some might say compelling, reason to enforce intellectual property rights: lost tax revenue. In other words, if "we (the Fed) don't
collect taxes 'over here' (movies, music, etc.), then we'll have to raise taxes 'over there' (income, capital gains, etc.) So, really, this is about . . lowering your income taxes!".
