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The iSO News supplied release details and NFOs of warez games and programs, without actually supplying said games and programs, or information on where to find them.

The site was located at "iSONEWS.com" until David Rocci's house was raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on February 27th, 2003. The FBI targeted Rocci because he was advertising modchips on the web site. The raid, ostensibly at least, had nothing to do with the fact that his site detailed releases by warez groups. Rocci gave up the iSONEWS.com domain name as part of his plea bargain. The legality of the domain name seizure is questionable as Rocci himself was no longer in ownership of iSONEWS.com when he offered to give it away. This has infuriated many free speech activists.

Visitors to iSONEWS.com are now redirected to the Department of Justice Cybercrime.gov web site.

The iSO News continues to operate under several mirroredA mirror in computing is a direct copy of a data set. On the Internet, a mirror site is an exact copy of another Internet site (often a web site). Mirror sites are most commonly used to provide multiple sources of the same information, and are of particul URLs. Among them is www.stolemy.com, named out of frustration at the Department of Justice's action.

External links

• The iSO News' new homes:
  • http://www.stolemy.com/
  • http://www.theisonews.com/
  • http://www.izonews.com/

• Contemporary news coverage:
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