{"id":73761,"date":"2023-07-08T09:02:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T09:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=73761"},"modified":"2023-07-08T09:02:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T09:02:08","slug":"hollywood-steps-up-anime-piracy-war-and-battles-domain-hopping-evaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=73761","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Steps Up Anime Piracy War and Battles Domain-Hopping Evaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"target\"<\/a>Dozens of times each year, global anti-piracy coalition Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment files DMCA subpoena applications at a court in California. <\/p>\n

Once obtained, these are served on service providers, mostly Cloudflare, requesting personal information on pirate site operators. While the quality of supplied information varies, the number of applications suggests that the world\u2019s largest entertainment companies do indeed obtain valuable intelligence from the process.<\/p>\n

Under the banner of Hollywood\u2019s MPA, ACE returned to court again this week, seeking information on a number of platforms, mostly dealing in movies and TV shows. The presence of yet more anime piracy platforms is probably a sign of things to come, with ACE members Disney and Paramount gaining a firmer foothold in the anime market.<\/p>\n

Anime Sites in the Crosshairs<\/h2>\n

New Target:<\/strong> Animedao.to<\/em>
\nRecent Traffic: Apr 19.1m \/ May 18.1m \/ June 16.9m<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"animedao-to-ss\"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

When sites like Zoro.to (which rebranded<\/a> to Animewatch.to this week due to copyright issues) receive more than 200 million visits per month, it\u2019s tempting to describe sites with tens of millions as \u2018small\u2019. We\u2019ll refrain from doing that, especially when yearly visits to Animedao.to exceed the quarter-billion mark.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"animedao-traffic\"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

While the site\u2019s traffic is in a slight decline, Animedao remains popular, especially in the United States. More than a third of the platform\u2019s overall traffic hails from the U.S., the Philippines, and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Animedao.to is just one of many hundreds of sites that exist through the use of a site template. These sites are easy to identify using a number of methods but one of the most straightforward is a Google search for the term \u201canime\u201d and the text of the standard disclaimer that appears at the bottom of most homepages.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"disclaimer\"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

In case anyone still believes that pirate site disclaimers are kryptonite to entertainment industry attorneys, they aren\u2019t. The remaining pair of sites on the ACE list, along with summary details, are as follows:<\/p>\n

New Target:<\/strong> animekaizoku.com<\/em>
\nRecent Traffic: Apr 837k \/ May 637k \/ June 599k<\/em>
\nMost Popular: India, Philippines, Japan<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"animekaizoku\"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

New Target:<\/strong> Animet.site<\/em>
\nRecent Traffic: Apr 2.3k \/ May 2.2k \/ June 3.3k<\/em>
\nFeature: Members Only, must sign in with Google\/Discord account<\/em>
\nFun fact: Domain records state: \u201cDNS points to prohibited IP stream server\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Latin American Targets<\/h2>\n

Working with local anti-piracy groups, ACE continues to take a keen interest in sites popular in Brazil and neighboring countries. Legal action to obtain site operators\u2019 identities may take place in the United States, but any information obtained has the potential to be useful anywhere.<\/p>\n

New Target:<\/strong> baixarseriesmp4.eu (baixar is \u2018download\u2019 in Portuguese)<\/em>
\nContent: Movies, TV Shows, Anime<\/em>
\nRecent Traffic: Apr 0k \/ May 1.4m \/ June 4m<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"baixarseriesmp4\"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Around 80% of Baixarseriesmp4\u2019s traffic comes from Brazil, with Portugal following in a distant second place. The SimilarWeb figures listed above show the site\u2019s traffic on a rapid upwards trend, which is probably one of the reasons ACE wants to take action before things get out of hand. <\/p>\n

With that in mind, how does a site grow from nothing to four million visits in three months? The answer is simple: they don\u2019t start from nothing. <\/p>\n

Baixarseriesmp4.eu is a domain-hopping site that already had traction. Its current .eu domain is just the latest in use after having burned through baixarseriesmp4.xyz, .club, and .top. A message on those domains warns that they will be \u201cdecommissioned soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s possible that ISPs may have blocked Baixarseries at some point. The main page provides instructions on how to unblock the platform by changing DNS settings in popular browsers.<\/p>\n

New Target:<\/strong> 2now.tv<\/em>
\nContent: Movies, TV Shows<\/em>
\nRecent Traffic: Apr 13k \/ May 35k \/ June 233k<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"2now-tv-ss\"<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

The request for information relating to 2now.tv is interesting. This is a new platform that did indeed launch from a standing start; information received by TorrentFreak suggests that 2now.tv is intended to be the English language version of Latin American streaming giant, Cuevana. <\/p>\n

We haven\u2019t been able to confirm that claim but attempts to boost the site\u2019s traffic are very evident on social media. Around 75% of the site\u2019s traffic (up 550% in the United States compared to the previous month) comes from social media referrals, 92% of that from links on Reddit. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s even a 2now.tv promotional video floating around, but since it uses clips from Hollywood movies \u2013 to promote piracy of Hollywood movies \u2013 we won\u2019t link to it here.<\/p>\n

The DMCA subpoena application can be found here (pdf<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\n

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