[6] Numerous Federal law enforcement agencies were and continue to share responsibility with investigating and prosecuting various intellectual property violations.

The NIPRCC was featured heavily in the U.S. Government's 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement[9] and highlighted by a 2011 60 Minutes broadcast on counterfeit pharmaceuticals.

The Center shares this information with ICE's Homeland Security Investigations, which obtains a seizure warrant from a federal magistrate judge to seize the website domain name until the case can be adjudicated.

[11][12] Visitors to these websites are greeted with a graphic bearing the seals of the Department of Justice, the NIPRCC and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

First-time offenders convicted of criminal felony copyright laws will face up to five years in federal prison, restitution, forfeiture and a fine.