In the fall of 2010, several popular Hip-Hop sites and blogs were shuttered by the aggressive “Operation In Our Sites v. 2.0” program helmed under a group effort by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Of particular note were the sites that the Recording Industry […]
In late 2010, popular websites OnSmash.com and RapGodFathers were shuttered by federal agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), operating under the Department of Homeland Security. ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations division carried out a crackdown on several Hip-Hop related sites and blogs over claims that these domains were responsible for copyright infringement. Dajaz1.com, a New Music […]
