Alexandria, Virginia, June 28 (US): Federal authorities have seized six websites that prosecutors say are illegally distributing copyrighted music to millions of users.
The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia on Monday announced the seizure of websites that primarily targeted Latin music, according to the Associated Press.
According to an affidavit, agents began investigating the sites in April after the Music Industry Association complained.
The websites – Corourbanos.com, Corourbano.com, Pautamp3.com, SIMP3.com, flowactivo.co and Mp3Teca.ws – collectively reached about 6.6 million monthly users.
According to the affidavit, the pirated music attracted traffic that allowed the site operators to make money by selling ads on the site.