DOJ Strikes at Global Online Piracy

Law enforcement officials took a swing at international online piracy Thursday in what the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is characterizing as the largest multi-national effort ever directed at intellectual property theft.

No arrests were made but 120 search warrants were executed in 27 states and 10 foreign countries.

The raids hit groups that specialize in the distribution of pirated works including utility and application software, movies, music and games and resulted in the seizure of more than 200 computers. According to the DOJ, one of the storage and distribution servers seized in the United States contained 65,000 separate pirated titles.