London police shut down pirate domains
Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM London police shut down pirate domains The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police and anti-piracy agency Web Capio have seized domains that illegally hosted copyrighted content by YouTube supergroup the Sidemen. ADVERTISEMENT The domains, somuchcontent.com and sidemencommunity.co.uk, were linked to a site that hosted videos by the Sidemen, including those only available to watch with a subscription. Officers believe that the site generated revenue through adverts. ADVERTISEMENT They were suspended as part of Operation Creative, an initiative that sees PIPCU work with partners across the creative and advertising industries to disrupt websites that provide unauthorised access to copyrighted content. ADVERTISEMENT The Sidemen, formed by seven creators in 2013, now reaches over 17.5 million