[3][4][5] Later it was also called a fan site that has become an unofficial hub of DivX news.

[6] On February 28 2003, the United States Department of Justice seized the isonews domain name (isonews.com),[7] however its servers remained intact.

Approximately one year following the seizure, visitors to iSONEWS.com were redirected to the United States Department of Justice cybercrime.gov[8] website.

As of November 16, 2004, the original domain, isonews.com, is owned by DomainSpa LLC and used to advertise video game sales and rentals.

David "krazy8" Rocci got a sentence of 5 months in federal prison and a $28,500 fine for selling modchips on isonews.com.