The iSONEWS
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The iSONEWS is a warez news website. It was originally created by orm who later developed the isonews brand Krazy8. TheiSONews supplies release details and NFOs of warez games and programs, without actually supplying them, or supplying any information on where to find them. As of March 2006, the releases are seldom updated, however the forums are still in use.
On Feburary 28th 2003 the United States Department of Justice seized the isonews domain name, however its servers remained intact, apparently the reason for this as given by two staff from isonews named Horrordee and Uncle_Mart were quoted saying that the servers were not hosted in the USA and were beyond the DOJ's control ( full article ), and the DOJ acted illegally by possesing the domain name, The isonews owners did not pursue this matter. Approximately one year following the seizure, visitors to iSONEWS.com were redirected to the United States Department of Justice Cybercrime.gov website. And as of November 16, 2004, the original domain, isonews.com, is owned by DomainSpa LLC and used to advertise video game sales and rentals. After the closure of the original domain name, a number of iSONEWS mirrors sprung up as a result, including izonews.com, theisonews.com, and stolemy.com, an expression of retaliation from the iSONEWS community caused by the Department of Justice's actions. The closure of the isonews.com domain brought more attention to the site, and after the site was back up on mirror sites, the membership and the user activity on the forums increased.
Other than being a release site for the warez community, it has evolved into a broader message board, concentrating mostly on PC gaming. It contains everything from rumors, news, hints, and tweaks to various games.
