[ernesto99]

Ok, since I'm partly responsible for the article I'll share my take and explain why we ran the story.

1. Yesterday we reported on the site rapgodfathers.com which was seized and pointed to the same landing page (+ analytics).

This was confirmed by the owner (plus another source) and a search warrant from a US district Court. See http://torrentfreak.com/music-linking-site-raided-by-dept-of...

2. Today reports came in on more sites. We've known the owner of torrent-finder for a few years and spoke with him about what happened.

He confirmed that ICANN was involved and that Godaddy knew nothing about the actions. He also told us some more information that we were told not to post in public. Combined with yesterday's raid the story added up.

3. About the analytics... My guess would be that the hosting company put that there, but it may also be the authorities.

4. Dozens of sites are involved in this, all with different owners.

A hoax seems to be impossible. But then again, we're just simple bloggers, and thought we had enough info to back the story. If anyone disagrees, please say so.

[aw3c2]

How did you verify the search warrant shown in 1?