MPA says no more “Whac-a-Mole” with pirate sites, claims it took down “mothership”
MPA says no more “Whac-a-Mole” with pirate sites, claims it took down “mothership”
Fmovies takedown "is a stunning victory," MPA CEO Charles Rivkin said.
Fmovies, which the film industry group also called the "world's largest piracy ring," is said to have drawn more than 6.7 billion visits between January 2023 and June 2024. Launched in 2016, the Hanoi-based outfit included pirate sites bflixz, flixtorz, movies7, myflixer, and aniwave.
i've never heard of a single one of those
The MPA is so out of touch. Let's not tell them.
Aniwave is very unfortunate, it was the best for streaming anime. Haven't heard of the others though.
I guess you weren't in the ring.
and from the sound of it, i never will be
Aniwave was probably the best anime streaming site, mainly because its the only one with a functional watch together feature. I also haven't heard of any of the others though.
Aniwave (formerly known as 9anime) was, from what I understand, the site most people fled to after KissAnime bit the dust.
it's nice to see I've never had an original thought in my life
This made me genuinely laugh out loud. Thank you.
This sounds a bit like declaring victory in the war on drugs after shutting down one (1) cocaine operation
Yes, I literally laughed aloud. The sheer arrogance in certainty projected is a dead giveaway.
Fmovies? Never heard of... wait, sorry, what I meant to say was OH NO!!! Not Fmovies!!! Guess I'm going to have to buy everything now!!!!!11!1
Arr.
pirates just need to for a while pretend to post in a way that piracy is really no more so they stop doing anything about it.
F
Movies
the thing about whack a mole is you, the player, do not get to decide if more moles pop up.
also, yeah, i've never heard of this and the fuckin piratebay is still up. i literally tell my students to use torrents and a vpn for anything they cant afford and might want to watch for class.
That's it folks, they got the big boss. Wrap it up and let's go back to spending hundreds of dollars a month across dozens of platforms to not own any of the media we consume.
Cool,so we can defund the MPA now that their job is done.
It is done, right?
Right?
It's not like it's a government agency, it's a film company group. Defund it by never paying for a movie and getting everyone everywhere to never pay for a movie
So the MPA will shut down now, right?
Mission accomplished!
Alt headline: Crusty old worthless white dude justifies himself to other crusty worthless white dudes.
The gereatric clowns are fucking annoying.
Makes me want to torrent harder but there is but so much content one person can consume lol
Dont fund your oppressors folks!
You could always seed
Oh shit, they know about the mothership. /s
I'll be honest, I didn't even know about fmovies until everyone started talking about it here recently. I've just used Torrent sites for downloading, and Stremio for streaming and I have not noticed much hiccups.
What they took down is an easily accessible public server that hosts content itself and is accessed by tens of thousands of technologically illiterate people via their phones - with no VPN - constantly. These folks are streaming movie after movie, 720p cam jobs, making these sites light up like the 4th of July (or like a Christmas tree, whatever reference works for you).
yeah, stunning victory
[is torrenting as she writes this]
Unrelated, but I fucking love Cross Code.
@WhyEssEff@hexbear.net is a big fan
Yes... Harder plz
MPA says no more “Whac-a-Mole” with pirate sites
Why would you say something you know you'll regret having said?
Casting illusions works on some people, usually those with defeatist or "not worth the trouble" mindset?
Tomorrow: a new mothership!
Sure thing, bro. 👍
Damnit guys, they beat us!
The mothership is down? I didn't even notice.
If that's what you want to believe then I will not be the one to stop you :)
Fighting piracy is like a caveman with a pointy stick trying to fight a 3 headed hydra from Greek mythology. The only way for them to truly defeat the hydra is an idea they would never accept because they aren't allowed to treat customers/consumers as people.
so called mothership being taken down meanwhile I am about to watch a newly downloaded show once my breakfast is done
Let me just say.... LOL
Who? Oh, didn't even notice.
Copium
Private tracker I've been using for like 17 years still works.
I've head about private tackers forever, is it that much better than public? I have never really had an issue with public trackers ,but also never had an invite to a private one
IMO, yes. Just for the consistency of quality and absence of fuckery. Damn near any TV show/movie/documentary is on there in at least 1080p, usually in 4K for newer stuff. For music I use SoulSeek and for eBooks I use LibGen.
In general, yeah. Private torrent trackers tend to focus on specific types of content. Some might focus on cartoons. Some might focus on anime. Some focus on books. Some focus on video games. Public trackers, on the other hand, generally focus on everything, which, of course, means they won't have a lot of the older or more niche stuff, and they might be lacking in one or more categories (music, anime, books, TV, etc.).
It's also much less likely that a torrent on a private tracker will die because most private trackers enforce certain rules about seeding and because the people there are generally much more into seeding than most people on a public tracker. (Probably most people on public trackers simply download what they need and stop before seeding anything back.)
Private trackers are also typically the first (and sometimes only) places to get scene releases. Scene releases, which are done by private groups, are usually higher quality than stuff on public trackers. Sometimes, they leak onto a public tracker, but not usually.
Ditto.
17 years is a pretty good record. Site must have been built with some damn good fake doors.
eyup. mission accomplished and no worries going forward.
Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Disney, Fox, HBO, Hulu, MGM, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros.
Joke's on you MPA, I don't watch any modern trash produced by these "entertainment" companies.
Winnin piracy just like they winnin the war on drugs
My go to site which has most of what I'm looking for is still up. So much for that lmao.
Literally every site in my regular rotation is completely unaffected lol.
Eh, Aniwave was a pretty big one for the anime community. From what I understand, it's the one most people fled to after KissAnime was taken down. Aside from that, I've never heard of any of the other sites they mentioned.
lol
I think I2P will get a new wave of users willing to pirate stuff
I doubt it. Streaming sites like Fmovies are used almost entirely by technologically illiterate users. It's for people who want to pirate, but don't want to learn anything.
These users are going to remain helpless until the next malware-laden streaming website enters their lives.
They're not about to install additional software to try to access anything, or at least not software like I2P or BitTorrent, because that would require effort and some amount of technical understanding to accomplish.
This is like wondering why so many people still use Twitter two years into Elon's hostile takeover. People will resign themselves to defeat if it saves them from having to learn anything new.
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I think they think that Fmovies was actually relevant.
Eat shit clown
Me waiting for the next "mothership" to pop up so I can use it:
Look how smug and happy he is! Anyone wanna tell him?
Make MoviePass Great Again!
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mpa(a?) heard of medusas head? coz thats how this works.