Fmovies takedown "is a stunning victory," MPA CEO Charles Rivkin said.
  • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1492·
    3 months ago

    Fmovies, which the film industry group also called the “world’s largest piracy ring,” is said to have drawn more than 6.7 billion visits between January 2023 and June 2024. Launched in 2016, the Hanoi-based outfit included pirate sites bflixz, flixtorz, movies7, myflixer, and aniwave.

    i’ve never heard of a single one of those

      • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
        63·
        3 months ago

        i’d put my money on there being another “aniwave” soon, rather than streaming anime is gone forever

        the fact that these morons think that piracy depends on some singular centralized “mothership” that controls everything just demonstrates how clueless they are

        • Nima@leminal.spaceEnglish
          17·
          3 months ago

          doing a search just now, I saw two pop up. super functional as well.

          these fellas ain’t too bright. let’s continue to allow them to think they are.

          • Thassodar@lemm.eeEnglish
            8·
            3 months ago

            Hey what were those two sites so I can avoid them, don’t wanna accidentally pirate something yar har fiddly dee ifyouknowwhatimsayin

          • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            221·
            3 months ago

            Those are fake mirrors completely missing aniwave’s core features: account watchlists, auto skip intro/outro, auto next, watch together, and the comments don’t even work.

            Wouldn’t surprise me if they’re missing the majority of Aniwave’s library too

            Edit: The search is horrifically basic too. No filters at all, seriously? The clones don’t even try to compete 🤦‍♂️

    • priapus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      Aniwave was probably the best anime streaming site, mainly because its the only one with a functional watch together feature. I also haven’t heard of any of the others though.

    • Gestrid@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Aniwave (formerly known as 9anime) was, from what I understand, the site most people fled to after KissAnime bit the dust.

  • Theidiam@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1171·
    3 months ago

    Most assuredly; that gentleman doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about.

    What he IS doing— is justifying his expenditure.

    It will come to nothing anyway.

    What a poop-nosed loser.

  • casmael@lemm.eeEnglish
    94·
    3 months ago

    This sounds a bit like declaring victory in the war on drugs after shutting down one (1) cocaine operation

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
      28·
      3 months ago

      Yes, I literally laughed aloud. The sheer arrogance in certainty projected is a dead giveaway.

  • letsgo@lemm.eeEnglish
    75·
    3 months ago

    Fmovies? Never heard of… wait, sorry, what I meant to say was OH NO!!! Not Fmovies!!! Guess I’m going to have to buy everything now!!!11!1

    Arr.

  • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    70·
    3 months ago

    the thing about whack a mole is you, the player, do not get to decide if more moles pop up.

    also, yeah, i’ve never heard of this and the fuckin piratebay is still up. i literally tell my students to use torrents and a vpn for anything they cant afford and might want to watch for class.

  • YeetPics@mander.xyzEnglish
    59·
    3 months ago

    Cool,so we can defund the MPA now that their job is done.

    It is done, right?

    Right?

    • Dwemthy (he/him)@lemdro.idEnglish
      28·
      3 months ago

      It’s not like it’s a government agency, it’s a film company group. Defund it by never paying for a movie and getting everyone everywhere to never pay for a movie

  • Kalkaline @leminal.spaceEnglish
    58·
    3 months ago

    That’s it folks, they got the big boss. Wrap it up and let’s go back to spending hundreds of dollars a month across dozens of platforms to not own any of the media we consume.

  • JadenSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    45·
    3 months ago

    I’ll be honest, I didn’t even know about fmovies until everyone started talking about it here recently. I’ve just used Torrent sites for downloading, and Stremio for streaming and I have not noticed much hiccups.

    • Baalial@lemm.eeEnglish
      27·
      3 months ago

      What they took down is an easily accessible public server that hosts content itself and is accessed by tens of thousands of technologically illiterate people via their phones - with no VPN - constantly. These folks are streaming movie after movie, 720p cam jobs, making these sites light up like the 4th of July (or like a Christmas tree, whatever reference works for you).

      • JadenSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        9·
        3 months ago

        Makes sense, though that just gives the impression that this site isn’t anything special. I swear there’s a million and a half streaming sites by now, and I would bet everyone using FMovies has found clones or alternatives (if they didn’t already know of some).

        • Baalial@lemm.eeEnglish
          82·
          3 months ago

          Maybe. I know several technotards who think they’ve discovered black magic because of an Ebaums World quality site where they have to watch 20 ads per shitty 720p movie and they run around telling everyone they meet about the site. These sites spring up, spread like fire, and get merkd fast af. Meanwhile torrent sites last YEARS by being a little more underground.

  • frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlEnglish
    40·
    3 months ago

    MPA says no more “Whac-a-Mole” with pirate sites

    Why would you say something you know you’ll regret having said?

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
      71·
      3 months ago

      Casting illusions works on some people, usually those with defeatist or “not worth the trouble” mindset?