EFF Says Copyright Owners Using ICE to Crack Down on Infringers
The federal government, in the form of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has begun acting on alleged copyright infringers at the behest of copyright owners in the recent past, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said in response to the U.S. Intellectual…
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Property Enforcement Coordinator's (IPEC) request for comment on the administration's IP enforcement strategy. "The records suggest that [ICE] and its attorneys are effectively acting as the hired gun of the content industry at the taxpayers' expense," the letter said. "Instead of relying on rightsholders to determine whether a seizure was appropriate, the government should have been conducting its own thorough investigation."