{"id":87774,"date":"2026-10-10T09:05:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T09:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=87774"},"modified":"2026-10-10T09:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T09:05:26","slug":"pirate-streaming-portal-series-ly-has-domain-suspended-rebrand-surfaces-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=87774","title":{"rendered":"Pirate Streaming Portal Series.ly Has Domain Suspended, Rebrand Surfaces (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Series.lySeries.ly was once<\/a> one of Spain\u2019s best-known pirate link sites. The original operation dropped its piracy links in late 2014. <\/p>\n

In 2021, the domain was bought at auction by a new team, which says it isn\u2019t part of the original one.<\/p>\n

The new Series.ly, which requires a login to access, became pretty popular on its own, with nearly two million monthly visits, and nearly 90% of its traffic coming from Spain.<\/p>\n

That popularity didn\u2019t go unnoticed by rightsholders, which haven\u2019t given up on shutting it down yet. In May, film and TV producers\u2019 group EGEDA<\/a> filed a complaint with the Second Section of Spain\u2019s Intellectual Property Commission, which falls under the Ministry of Culture, aiming to shut the site down.<\/p>\n

The Commission\u2019s investigator checked a sample of 42 of the 110 titles that were listed in the complaint. Of these, 35 could be streamed or downloaded from Series.ly at the time. The Commission also ordered the site to remove the infringing content in July, but it says Series.ly never responded.<\/p>\n

From Google to a Libyan Registrar<\/h2>\n

At the end of July, the Commission sanctioned a series of anti-piracy measures against the site, targeting third-party intermediaries. For example, the resolution requires Google and Bing to remove the site from their search results, while ISPs with a market share of more than 1% must block the domain name.<\/p>\n

The ISPs are also urged to redirect visitors to a government page. This informs users that the Commission blocked the domain \u201cfor having illegally facilitated access to content protected by intellectual property rights\u201d (translated).<\/p>\n

The order also lists Cloudflare and Ukrainian hosting company Virtual Systems, whose Kyiv data centers were hit by Russian missile strikes<\/a> last month, as well as Series.ly\u2019s domain registrar, Libyan Spider Network. These measures apply to the current domain name, as well as new ones that the operator may use for the same purpose.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Commission\u2019s order<\/em><\/center>
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The Commission\u2019s resolution needs court approval before it can be enforced. This came on September 28, when a judge at the Central Court of First Instance in Madrid concluded that the measures were proportionate, approving them as requested.<\/p>\n

The Libyan Registrar Acts<\/h2>\n

Little more than a week later, at least one intermediary appears to have taken action. Earlier this week, Series.ly unexpectedly lost its domain name after the domain registrar, Libyan Spider<\/a>, stepped in.<\/p>\n

WHOIS records show that series.ly was placed on \u2018clientHold\u2019, a status set by the registrar to take a domain offline. This pulls the domain from the .ly zone, which means that Series.ly no longer resolves.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

clientHold<\/em><\/center>
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Libyan Spider hasn\u2019t commented publicly, but the Series.ly operator says the notice cited the Spanish order. It reached them through the auction house that sold them the domain, which acts as a reseller for the registrar.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason they gave us was a Spanish copyright resolution and a court order authorizing suspension measures against the domain,\u201d the operator tells TorrentFreak (translated).<\/p>\n

It is not clear whether the other intermediaries have taken action yet, but the court order remains valid.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, soon after the Series.ly domain was suspended, a similar site with the Cinubo brand appeared online. The Series.ly Telegram and Discord were also renamed to Cinubo.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Cinubo.com<\/em><\/center>
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No Plans to Appeal<\/h2>\n

Regarding the suspension, the operator says it didn\u2019t see the warnings before the domain was suspended. An EGEDA email it later found was sent to support@series.ly, while the address listed on the site is soporte@series.ly.<\/p>\n

According to the operator, Series.ly is a non-profit that hasn\u2019t generated any revenue since it launched. The site doesn\u2019t host any video files, and the links to other services are added by the community, he explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur position is that complaints about those video files should be directed at the services that host or distribute them,\u201d the operator says (translated).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think it\u2019s disproportionate that a complaint about content hosted by third parties ends up getting our entire domain suspended, including email and the personal library features.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, the operator doesn\u2019t plan to appeal the Spanish order. The company behind the project is based in Nevis, which raises questions about the reach of the Spanish order, the operator argues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe question whether a procedure handled in Spain justifies suspending our domain worldwide, which also affects email and services that have nothing to do with the works in question,\u201d the operator notes (translated).<\/p>\n

This may not be the end of it though. The Spanish order also covers new domain names that are used for the same purpose, which could include the new Cinubo one. In addition, other intermediaries may take action as well.<\/p>\n

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Update October 9, 2026<\/strong>: A few days after it was suspended, the series.ly domain appears to be back under the control of its owner. The operator informs us that the registrar lifted the suspension, but stressed that the domain can no longer be used to link to copyright-infringing content.<\/em><\/p>\n

Update 2<\/strong>: Series.ly now shows a page documenting<\/a> the history of the domain. It no longer links to a streaming portal.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The new Series.ly (translated)<\/em><\/center>
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\u2014<\/p>\n

A copy of the Commission\u2019s resolution is available here<\/a> (pdf). The court\u2019s authorization can be found here<\/a> (pdf). The Series.ly operator\u2019s answers were provided in Spanish. The quotes in this article were translated by TorrentFreak.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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