A week later Bahamian police officers raided Bacon's home, handcuffed and searched his staff, and confiscated the speakers based on a tip suggesting they were "ultrasonic weaponry".
Although the courts confiscated the film based on a citizen's complaint, the initial audience reaction was positive.
What's more, the framework would give international border guards the authority to confiscate such electronic devices based on the mere suspicion of copyright infringement.
Dr. Hauser's difficulties began in 2007 when university officials went into his lab one afternoon when he was out of the country and publicly confiscated his records, an action based on accusations by some of his students.
Investigators said that they think, based on the betting slips confiscated, the gambling sites grossed at least $40 million a year.
The charges against the group, the ICHRI said, were based on information obtained from material confiscated during the raid on the individuals' homes, such as personal photographs and videos found on their personal computers.
Based on a detailed study of confiscated records, South African authorities say the kidney transfer between Mr. da Silva and the Brooklyn woman was one of more than 100 suspect transplants performed in less than two years at St . Augustines.
He said that there was no count of how many pointers had been confiscated but that the problem seemed to be growing, based on anecdotal evidence.
It was founded in 1793 by an act of the French National Assembly, and was based on an extensive royal collection plus the private collections of aristocrats confiscated during the French revolution, and expanded by material seized in French military conquests during the Napoleonic Wars.
The estimates in the Hamilton case are based on a different set of data: the firearms agency's figures on confiscated handguns traced nationwide from 1989 to 1997.
He said American soldiers recently broke down doors and confiscated $3,000 in cash in a search of his house, a raid he said was based on a false tip.
