MPAA Names Top Online Sites Pirating Movies

[kes1111]

The Motion Picture Association of America pointed a finger at the world’s most notorious online and physical marketplaces for pirated TV and film content on Monday and named the worst online offenders as based in Russia, the Netherlands and New Zealand.

The worst physical markets for pirated movies are in Brazil, Canada – Toronto, to be exact – and China.

The new list, submitted by the MPAA to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, features several direct download and streaming cyberlocker sites, linking websites, peer-to-peer networks and BitTorrent portals that all offer users illegal access to video content.

“The film and television industry is a vibrant component of our nation’s economy, supporting close to 2 million jobs and generating a positive trade surplus in every country in the world in which it does business,” MPAA’s Chairman and CEO Senator Chris Dodd said in a statement. “Robust protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights both domestically and abroad are vital to ensuring the sustained growth of America’s creative industries. We are grateful for the USTR’s continued efforts to highlight the importance of global IP rights and appreciate the opportunity to shine a light onto these infringing marketplaces that limit U.S. competiveness and undermine the hard work of so many American men and women.”

Here’s the full list below:

Direct Download and Streaming Cyberlockers:
VK.com – Russia
Uploaded.net – Netherlands
Rapidgator.net – Russia
Firedrive.com – New Zealand
Nowvideo.sx and the “Movshare Group” – Panama/Switzerland/Netherlands
Netload.in – Germany


Peer-to-Peer Networks & BitTorrent Portals:
Kickass.to – Several locations
Thepiratebay.se – Sweden
Torrentz.eu – Germany/Luxembourg
Rutracker.org – Russia
Yts.re – Several locations
Extratorrent.cc – Ukraine
Xunlei.com – China

Linking Websites:
Free-tv-video-online.me – Canada
Movie4k.to – Romania
Primewire.ag – Estonia
Watchseries.lt – Switzerland
Putlocker.is – Switzerland
Solarmovie.is – Latvia
Megafilmeshd.net – Brazil
Filmesonlinegratis.net – Brazil
Watch32.com – Germany
Yyets.com – China
Viooz.ac – Estonia
Cuevana.tv – Argentina
Degraçaemaisgostoso.org – Brazil
Telona.org – Brazil

Physical Notorious Markets
Galeria Pagé, Avenida Paulista, Faria Lima (São Paulo), Camelodromo Uruguaiana (Rio de Janeiro) and Feira dos Importados (Brasilia) – Brazil
Greater Toronto Area (GTA) – Ontario, Canada
Hailong Electronics Shopping Mall, Beijing Haidan District and San Li Tun District (Beijing) – China
Harco Glodok (Jakarta) – Indonesia
Jonesborough Market – Northern Ireland
7 Kilometer Open Market (Odessa) and Barabashovo Open Market (Kharkov) – Ukraine
Mutino Market – Moscow, Russia
Panthip Plaza, the Klom Thom, Saphan Lek, Baan Mor Shopping Area, Patpon and Silom Shopping Areas, Mah Boon Krong Center, and the Sukhumvit Road Area (Bangkok); Rong Klua Market, Sakaew, Samui (Surat Thani) – Thailand
Several street markets in Mexico and India.

 

[Kaotic]

Thanks OP...atleast we know who "NOT" to use right now.

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

Rapidgator is Russian? Makes sense.

 

[Mrfreddygoodbud]

the industry is retarded they are going to implode

tryin to fight something they are never going to win...


they are going up against super nerds that live, literally

LIVE for the challange, and those idiots in suits thing their

strong arming is going to be enough to stop super nerds in their

world at their game..


they lost before they got started...


remember napster, they had a big celebration, when all we could

really do was download mp3s at the time...

Now look what you get of the nets...

the more laws they pass, the more ways will be found to get around it..

and it will bring a better more secure product as a result...


FUCK the mpaaa..

this what they fucking get for charging a 12-20 dollars for a movie ticket

u go and sit down and watch commercials like you never left you house..

NOt coming attractions which is expected and part of the show..

but literally fuckin advertisements....

that shit is a crime within itself..

So consider this KARMA!!!


and

Happy Tuesday!!

 

[DJCandle]

the industry is retarded they are going to implode

tryin to fight something they are never going to win...


they are going up against super nerds that live, literally

LIVE for the challange, and those idiots in suits thing their

strong arming is going to be enough to stop super nerds in their

world at their game..


they lost before they got started...


remember napster, they had a big celebration, when all we could

really do was download mp3s at the time...

Now look what you get of the nets...

the more laws they pass, the more ways will be found to get around it..

and it will bring a better more secure product as a result...


FUCK the mpaaa..

this what they fucking get for charging a 12-20 dollars for a movie ticket

u go and sit down and watch commercials like you never left you house..

NOt coming attractions which is expected and part of the show..

but literally fuckin advertisements....

that shit is a crime within itself..

So consider this KARMA!!!


and

Happy Tuesday!!

I dunno about that right now. In conjunction with broadband providers, they may have the winning formula at the moment.

Verizon is actually momentarily suspending your Internet service when a pirated movie has been downloaded thru your network. They'll send warnings the next time you log on after being flagged, and make you sit thru 15-20 min videos on why copyright laws are in place. Not only that but in order to turn your service back on, you need to interact with one of those sponsored ads for a certain amount of time before your clear.

Annoying to say the least.

All they'd really have to do is tweak this formula to make it unbearable and time consuming. It won't eradicate piracy, but it will reduce it significantly.

It's only a matter of time before the other carriers, Cox, TWC, Comcast, etc follow suit.

 

[Joe Money]

Rapidgator is Russian? Makes sense.

Yep. Slowest file host ever.

 

[Nzinga]

In Africa, they now have high speed internet, even if its availability
is limited. But as you can imagine, this has spurred this piracy there
too.

 

[Flawless]

North Korea needs to allow server companies , the moss wouldn't be able to do shit

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

In Africa, they now have high speed internet, even it is availability
is limited. But as you can imagine, this has spurred this piracy there
too.

Is piracy a natural phenomenon?

 

[iofbeholder]

i need to stop fucking with kickass

 

[Nzinga]

Is piracy a natural phenomenon?

The desire to get cheap things goes all the way to the desire to get
free things

 

[kidmegaii]

I dunno about that right now. In conjunction with broadband providers, they may have the winning formula at the moment.

Verizon is actually momentarily suspending your Internet service when a pirated movie has been downloaded thru your network. They'll send warnings the next time you log on after being flagged, and make you sit thru 15-20 min videos on why copyright laws are in place. Not only that but in order to turn your service back on, you need to interact with one of those sponsored ads for a certain amount of time before your clear.

Annoying to say the least.

All they'd really have to do is tweak this formula to make it unbearable and time consuming. It won't eradicate piracy, but it will reduce it significantly.

It's only a matter of time before the other carriers, Cox, TWC, Comcast, etc follow suit.

Verizon does what? When did they start that?

 

[DJCandle]

Verizon does what? When did they start that?

I believe it's called the "six strikes policy."

Let's say you downloaded a movie of some sorts. In short, Verizon will send out a notice through your browser, saying that said item was illegally downloaded, and you have to acknowledge it in order to get access to your internet service again. In some areas, your internet will not be accessible for upwards to 2-3 days.

In other places in the country they're already throttling speeds once they find out you've downloaded something you shouldn't have.

It's super annoying, but it looks like Hollywood has finally begun to win their war against pirated movies.

 

[West Endian]

Damn, they got Toronto on that list.

 

[Complex]

I dunno about that right now. In conjunction with broadband providers, they may have the winning formula at the moment.

Verizon is actually momentarily suspending your Internet service when a pirated movie has been downloaded thru your network. They'll send warnings the next time you log on after being flagged, and make you sit thru 15-20 min videos on why copyright laws are in place. Not only that but in order to turn your service back on, you need to interact with one of those sponsored ads for a certain amount of time before your clear.

Annoying to say the least.

All they'd really have to do is tweak this formula to make it unbearable and time consuming. It won't eradicate piracy, but it will reduce it significantly.

It's only a matter of time before the other carriers, Cox, TWC, Comcast, etc follow suit.

I believe it's called the "six strikes policy."

Let's say you downloaded a movie of some sorts. In short, Verizon will send out a notice through your browser, saying that said item was illegally downloaded, and you have to acknowledge it in order to get access to your internet service again. In some areas, your internet will not be accessible for upwards to 2-3 days.

In other places in the country they're already throttling speeds once they find out you've downloaded something you shouldn't have.

It's super annoying, but it looks like Hollywood has finally begun to win their war against pirated movies.

Word, damn

 

[West Endian]

I truly doubt movie piracy is really hurting Hollywood.

 

[Mrfreddygoodbud]

I dunno about that right now. In conjunction with broadband providers, they may have the winning formula at the moment.

Verizon is actually momentarily suspending your Internet service when a pirated movie has been downloaded thru your network. They'll send warnings the next time you log on after being flagged, and make you sit thru 15-20 min videos on why copyright laws are in place. Not only that but in order to turn your service back on, you need to interact with one of those sponsored ads for a certain amount of time before your clear.

Annoying to say the least.

All they'd really have to do is tweak this formula to make it unbearable and time consuming. It won't eradicate piracy, but it will reduce it significantly.

It's only a matter of time before the other carriers, Cox, TWC, Comcast, etc follow suit.

I wish they would, give me a reason to

fast from the internet, I been on these shits

so long I can use a ten year break..

and start reading all the ebooks I downloaded over the years..

take the money I save and invest..

 

[Maxxam]

I truly doubt movie piracy is really hurting Hollywood.

Ted Talk: Copyright Math

 

[West Endian]

Ted Talk: Copyright Math

Thanks. Good info.

 

[lightningrodbob76]

Do these fucktards in Hollywood not realize how much money they'd make with simultaneous releases in theaters, DVD/Blu-Ray, and streaming? You'd get that first weekend money and steady revenue coming in. Simultaneous streams put a dent in the ISPs pockets. Capping monthly downloads would inevitably conflict with movie releases during certain times of the year. This shit is ridiculous.

Here are a few articles I found on the subject.

http://rt.com/usa/six-strikes-anti-piracy-underway-036/

http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-625000-copyright-alerts-140207/

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-27/should-you-fear-the-six-strikes-anti-piracy-rule

 

[Complex]

Do these fucktards in Hollywood not realize how much money they'd make with simultaneous releases in theaters, DVD/Blu-Ray, and streaming? You'd get that first weekend money and steady revenue coming in. Simultaneous streams put a dent in the ISPs pockets. Capping monthly downloads would inevitably conflict with movie releases during certain times of the year. This shit is ridiculous.

This makes no sense

because Hollywood was making more than ever last year on their business model

A simultaneous release? Nobody would pay. If you weren't paying before, you wouldn't pay regardless. They would just wait a week or a couple of days until it's released.

Nobody had Beyonce until it was released, everyone had it 15 minutes after it dropped online. And you think that's a better business model? Are you serious?

 

[gene cisco]

I dunno about that right now. In conjunction with broadband providers, they may have the winning formula at the moment.

Verizon is actually momentarily suspending your Internet service when a pirated movie has been downloaded thru your network. They'll send warnings the next time you log on after being flagged, and make you sit thru 15-20 min videos on why copyright laws are in place. Not only that but in order to turn your service back on, you need to interact with one of those sponsored ads for a certain amount of time before your clear.

Annoying to say the least.

All they'd really have to do is tweak this formula to make it unbearable and time consuming. It won't eradicate piracy, but it will reduce it significantly.

It's only a matter of time before the other carriers, Cox, TWC, Comcast, etc follow suit.

That's part of that horseshit ISP had to implement last year. Users get strikes and warnings. It's different from when folks just got the letter in the mail.

That's why more and more people will be using encrypted VPN services. The more they come down, the more people find ways around the fuckery.

VPNs serve a higher purpose by also allowing people to bypass regional restrictions imposed by oppressive regimes, so the dinosaurs at the MPAA won't ever be able to do shit about them without blatantly attacking freedom.

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Are they sending you warnings cause you're using torrents or something? I'll be damned if they know I'm downloading a movie or something I "shouldn't" by me getting it from a host...

 

[gene cisco]

Are they sending you warnings cause you're using torrents or something? I'll be damned if they know I'm downloading a movie or something I "shouldn't" by me getting it from a host...

They can put two and two together. If you're not using a VPN and logging onto rapidgator(or something similar) and downloading large files, that could ring some alarms

 

[ansatsusha_gouki]

Yep. Slowest file host ever.

c/s


It takes almost a fucking hour to download a 46 mb file....

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

They can put two and two together. If you're not using a VPN and logging onto rapidgator(or something similar) and downloading large files, that could ring some alarms

Maybe before but now I don't see how.. only because streaming fucked their whole game up. Before it was simple, if you're using X amount of data you gotta be downloading some illegal shit cause there ain't nothing out there for you to be doing other than downloading illegal shit

Now between HULU and Netflixx and Amazon and HBO and the other streaming services you're using more Data now than ever...

My funky little 25gb a month if that ain't shit to someone streaming Netflixx 7 days a week

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

c/s


It takes almost a fucking hour to download a 46 mb file....

Pay for premium.

 

[godofwine]

Yep. (Rapidgator) Slowest file host ever.

They've gotten much faster. I got premium, but they used to be slow as turtles fucking.

I still use kickass.to and that shit is nice.

I do TV shows so I can avoid commercials. I don't mind waiting 45 minutes (I watch The Walking Dead about 10:30-11PM) to watch my show if I can get it commercial free

 

[gene cisco]

Maybe before but now I don't see how.. only because streaming fucked their whole game up. Before it was simple, if you're using X amount of data you gotta be downloading some illegal shit cause there ain't nothing out there for you to be doing other than downloading illegal shit

Now between HULU and Netflixx and Amazon and HBO and the other streaming services you're using more Data now than ever...

My funky little 25gb a month if that ain't shit to someone streaming Netflixx 7 days a week

Because they can see your data is coming from rapidgator(or other 'pirate' havens), not Netflix. That's how people get knocked.

Now if you are using a VPN, they don't know if you are using rapidgator, torrents, or netflix. And since streaming is the shit now, they can't flag you for using 500 gigs a month. You could be a cordcutter with a housewife and kids who watch a shitload of tv. LOL

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Because they can see your data is coming from rapidgator(or other 'pirate' havens), not Netflix. That's how people get knocked.

Now if you are using a VPN, they don't know if you are using rapidgator, torrents, or netflix. And since streaming is the shit now, they can't flag you for using 500 gigs a month. You could be a cordcutter with a housewife and kids who watch a shitload of tv. LOL

Yea I use a VPN I should have made that clear lol.

Im like how they gonna know?

 

[gene cisco]

Yea I use a VPN I should have made that clear lol.

Im like how they gonna know?

Oh ok. For only $10 or so a month, it's a precaution more people should be taking.

 

[xcluesiv]

Thanks OP...atleast we know who "NOT" to use right now.

indeed

 

[kes1111]

Six Alleged Piracy Sites Shuttered After MPAA Files Lawsuit

A lawsuit filed last month by the MPPA and the major Hollywood studios against operators of an alleged ring of piracy sites has been unsealed, showing that those sites have been shut down by a judge’s order.

Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Columbia, Universal, Disney, Paramount and Viacom are listed as plaintiffs in the suit filed February 6 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The defendants were the operators of “PubFilm/PidTV,” which the suit called “a ring of six interconnected large-scale piracy sites.” It called for the defendants to immediately cease and desist all use of Plaintiffs’ copyrighted works and trademarks and directing domain registries associated with the sites to disable them.

Judge Victor Marrero issued a TRO halting the sites on February 7, and a preliminary injunction was issued February 17 based on the allegations. The suit says PubFilm/PidTV saw more than 8 million visits each month, 40% of which were linked to U.S. IP addresses. It said it believed the defendants were operating out of Vietnam.

The civil action seeks relief and damages for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, unfair competition and false designation of origin. As for statutory damages, it asks among other awards for $150,000 per infringed work.

“The ring of large-scale piracy sites known as PubFilm/PidTV distributed vast numbers of stolen movies and television shows for streaming and downloading – all for the financial benefit of its operators without paying a dime to those who worked so hard to make them,” the MPAA said in a statement today. “By seeking legal orders to stop these illegal commercial enterprises, we are protecting the hard work of the millions of people who contribute to the American creative economy.”

 

[D'Evils]

What about using a video downloader from a browser to download streaming videos?

 

[Maxxam]

No more net neutrality... I expect Comcast and Co to slow those hosts down this year.