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

[–] WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 95 points 2 months ago

The MPA is so out of touch. Let's not tell them.

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 47 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Aniwave is very unfortunate, it was the best for streaming anime. Haven't heard of the others though.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 66 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.space 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess you weren't in the ring.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 months ago

and from the sound of it, i never will be

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[–] Theidiam@lemmy.dbzer0.com 118 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank you. I have now added "poop-nosed loser" to my insult repitour.

[–] Mariemarion@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Fwiw, it's répertoire.

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[–] Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 110 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 107 points 2 months ago

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 97 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 29 points 2 months ago

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

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 76 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

pirates just need to for a while pretend to post in a way that piracy is really no more so they stop doing anything about it.

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[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 71 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 60 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 60 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

It is done, right?

Right?

[–] dwemthy@lemdro.id 29 points 2 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

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 59 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So the MPA will shut down now, right?

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 9 points 2 months ago

Mission accomplished!

[–] aniki@discuss.tchncs.de 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Alt headline: Crusty old worthless white dude justifies himself to other crusty worthless white dudes.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The gereatric clowns are fucking annoying.

Makes me want to torrent harder but there is but so much content one person can consume lol

Dont fund your oppressors folks!

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[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 months ago

Oh shit, they know about the mothership. /s

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 46 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.ee 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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).

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[–] Yor@hexbear.net 44 points 2 months ago (3 children)

yeah, stunning victory lea-think

[is torrenting as she writes this]

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[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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

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[–] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 40 points 2 months ago

Tomorrow: a new mothership!

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 months ago

Sure thing, bro. 👍

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 35 points 2 months ago

Damnit guys, they beat us!

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 months ago

The mothership is down? I didn't even notice.

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 29 points 2 months ago

If that's what you want to believe then I will not be the one to stop you :)

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 26 points 2 months ago

Fighting piracy is like a caveman with a pointy stick trying to fight a 3 headed hydra from Greek mythology. The only way for them to truly defeat the hydra is an idea they would never accept because they aren't allowed to treat customers/consumers as people.

[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 months ago

so called mothership being taken down meanwhile I am about to watch a newly downloaded show once my breakfast is done

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 21 points 2 months ago

Let me just say.... LOL

[–] StrandedInTimeFall@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago

Who? Oh, didn't even notice.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago

Copium

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 17 points 2 months ago

eyup. mission accomplished and no worries going forward.

[–] MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Private tracker I've been using for like 17 years still works.

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[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 16 points 2 months ago

Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Disney, Fox, HBO, Hulu, MGM, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros.

Joke's on you MPA, I don't watch any modern trash produced by these "entertainment" companies.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

Winnin piracy just like they winnin the war on drugs

[–] Rinna@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

My go to site which has most of what I'm looking for is still up. So much for that lmao.

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[–] Washburn@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

lol

[–] endofline@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I think I2P will get a new wave of users willing to pirate stuff

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 17 points 2 months ago

I doubt it. Streaming sites like Fmovies are used almost entirely by technologically illiterate users. It's for people who want to pirate, but don't want to learn anything.

These users are going to remain helpless until the next malware-laden streaming website enters their lives.

They're not about to install additional software to try to access anything, or at least not software like I2P or BitTorrent, because that would require effort and some amount of technical understanding to accomplish.

This is like wondering why so many people still use Twitter two years into Elon's hostile takeover. People will resign themselves to defeat if it saves them from having to learn anything new.

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[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 10 points 2 months ago

I think they think that Fmovies was actually relevant.

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