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The anime industry has experienced a surge in popularity, but this growth is not limited to legal streaming platforms. <\/p>\nThe anime industry has experienced a surge in popularity, but this growth is not limited to legal streaming platforms. <\/p>\n
A significant portion of the demand for anime arrives from unofficial channels, with several major pirate websites dedicated solely to anime content. <\/p>\n
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE<\/a>) recognizes this as a serious threat and is not sitting idly by. <\/p>\n A few weeks ago, ACE booked one of its largest successes in history with the shutdown of the Fmovies piracy ring<\/a>. As a result, roughly a billion monthly pirate site visits were wiped out overnight. This included Aniwave.to<\/a>, previously one of the most popular anime piracy sites. <\/p>\n While Aniwave was immensely popular, the domain was still relatively new. It first appeared on the scene a year ago as a rebranding of 9anime<\/a>, which was discontinued citing legal troubles. These problems didn\u2019t disappear with a new name, as the recent shutdown showed. <\/p>\n Following AniWave\u2019s demise, much of its traffic went to another popular anime pirate site; HiAnime.to. This portal also has experience with rebranding; it was previously known as Aniwatch<\/a>, after taking over over from Zoro.to<\/a> before that. The true motive behind these changes is unclear. However, we can say that it does very little to shake off any legal pressure. <\/p>\n Today, HiAnime is the most visited pirate site on the web. According to the latest data from Similarweb, the site had more than 300 million visits in September, up from 210 million a month earlier. This massive increase is a direct result of the takedown of its major competitor. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Anime is historically associated with Japan, but HiAnime attracts an international audience. Nearly 40% of its visits come from the United States, with India, the UK, Canada, and Australia completing the top five. The operators, meanwhile, are believed to be in Vietnam.<\/p>\n This traffic surge shouldn\u2019t come as a surprise to ACE. The anti-piracy alliance has targeted HiAnime\u2019s predecessors in the past, and it\u2019s determined to shut down the operation, when the opportunity arises. <\/p>\n Late last week, MPA requested several DMCA subpoenas at a federal court in California. These subpoenas are directed at Cloudflare and the Tonic domain registry, listing a variety of targets, including HiAnime.to.<\/p>\n The subpoenas were requested on behalf of ACE members with the aim of obtaining the personal details of the people who operate HiAnime.to, Pelisplus.to, Veronline.mov and dozens of other domains.<\/p>\n On behalf of ACE members, the MPA seeks any information that can help identify the infringers. This includes names, physical addresses, IP addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, payment information, account updates and account history.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Three subpoenas were requested at the federal court last week. Two target Cloudflare and the other targets the Tonic registry. Both companies are known to comply with U.S. subpoenas once they are signed off by a court clerk. <\/p>\n The three subpoenas target 55 domain names in total and are not limited to streaming and torrent sites. They also list several storage platforms such as darkibox.com and streamtape.com, and IPTV services and apps including Fosto.tv and u-playtv.com.<\/p>\n While these subpoenas have resulted in actionable intelligence in the past, most of the larger site operators are aware that this information can be disclosed though court orders. As a result, several domain name owners have taken precautions to keep sensitive information private. <\/p>\n Whether that also applies to HiAnime has yet to be seen, but it\u2019s clear that the anime piracy site is among ACE\u2019s top targets today. <\/p>\n \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n Copies of the letters accompanying the subpoenas are available here (1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>). An alphabetical list of all the mentioned domain names is available below. <\/p>\n \u2013 123-hd.com From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\nACE Crackdown<\/h2>\n
HiAnime: 300 million visits<\/h2>\n
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<\/center><\/p>\nSubpoena Targets HiAnime.to<\/h2>\n
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<\/center><\/p>\nMany More Targets<\/h2>\n
\n\u2013 24-hd.com
\n\u2013 anime-sama.fr
\n\u2013 animesaturn.mx
\n\u2013 animesaturn.tv
\n\u2013 assistirseries.gratis
\n\u2013 comandotorrents.to
\n\u2013 darkibox.com
\n\u2013 dlhd.so
\n\u2013 dwn.ycndownload.com
\n\u2013 fikper.com
\n\u2013 filman.cc
\n\u2013 filmesxp.com
\n\u2013 filmoflix.dad
\n\u2013 filmoflix.kim
\n\u2013 filmoflix.tel
\n\u2013 filmoflix.to
\n\u2013 filmowo.club
\n\u2013 fosto.tv
\n\u2013 gimy.video
\n\u2013 hianime.mn
\n\u2013 hianime.nz
\n\u2013 hianime.sx
\n\u2013 hianime.to
\n\u2013 imoviehds.com
\n\u2013 inwiptv.com
\n\u2013 kissanime.com.ru
\n\u2013 megacine.to
\n\u2013 megaflix.click
\n\u2013 mizhls.ru
\n\u2013 movielair.cc
\n\u2013 moviehdthai.com
\n\u2013 movierulztv.us
\n\u2013 new-hd.com
\n\u2013 overflixtv.com
\n\u2013 papadustream.to
\n\u2013 pelisflix.pink
\n\u2013 pelispedia.mov
\n\u2013 pelisplus.to
\n\u2013 pobreflix.global
\n\u2013 repelisplus.lat
\n\u2013 serie-day.com
\n\u2013 seriesflix.my
\n\u2013 seriesflixtv2.me
\n\u2013 soaper.live
\n\u2013 srstop.link
\n\u2013 streamtape.com
\n\u2013 superfilmes.blue
\n\u2013 tecflix.vip
\n\u2013 topflix.sh
\n\u2013 topsrs.day
\n\u2013 tuktukcima.com
\n\u2013 tvchak113.com
\n\u2013 u-playtv.com
\n\u2013 veronline.mov<\/p>\n