Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 09/23/2024
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. Downloading content without permission is copyright infringement. These torrent download statistics are only meant to provide further insight into piracy trends. All data are gathered from public resources. This week we have two newcomers on the list. “Blink Twice” is the most shared title. The most torrented...
Court Orders Google to “Uninstall” Pirate IPTV App Sideloaded on Android Devices
As reported last week, an order published in Argentina dated September 13, 2024, revealed that local ISPs are now required to block dozens of Magis TV-linked domains for violating intellectual property law. In total, 69 domains (full list in our earlier report) must be blocked so that internet users cannot access them from anywhere inside Argentinian territory. The nature of the listed domains suggests that rightsholders focused on...
RARBG Domain Now Points to a Thai Casino Site
Pirate sites come and go, often without being noticed by the public at large. That was certainly not the case when RARBG said its goodbyes last year. The popular torrent site had millions of daily users spread across several domain names. This included RARBG’s flagship .to domain, where the usual torrent index was replaced by a farewell message, attributing the decision to personal and financial reasons. The surprise shutdown of RARBG...
X Loses Battle to Protect Genshin Impact Leaker’s First Amendment Anonymity
In November 2023, the publisher of hit videogame Genshin Impact obtained a DMCA subpoena at a California district court to unmask an anonymous alleged infringer. Cognosphere’s aim was to compel X/Twitter to “disclose the identity, including the name(s), address(es), telephone number(s), and e-mail addresses(es)” of an individual in control of four ‘X’ accounts: @HutaoLoverGI, @GIHutaoLover, @HutaoLover77, and @FurinaaLover. The...
Operation 404.7 Targets 675 Pirate Sites, Brazil’s ISPs Now Block 6,700+ Domains
From launch in November 2019, the last five years have seen Brazil’s Operation 404 establish itself as both a local and international anti-piracy enforcement campaign. Operation 404’s branding plays on the HTTP 404 error message “page not found” and to indicate each new wave, 404 is followed by a decimal point and the corresponding wave number; the results of Operation 404.6 were announced late November 2023 so here in September 2024,...
Pirate Video Hosting Domain of Fmovies ‘Mothership’ Makes Surprise Comeback
For years, Fmovies presented a major threat to Hollywood, one that seemed near impossible to defeat. The site’s operators were linked to dozens of popular pirate sites, generating billions of visits annually. While MPA’s anti-piracy flagship ACE tied the operation to Vietnam early on, effectively shutting it down took years. In addition to gathering intelligence, Hollywood’s diplomatic powers were required to force a breakthrough....
