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 85 points 2 months ago

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

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 46 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 63 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 17 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.

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

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

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[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess you weren't in the ring.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 months ago

and from the sound of it, i never will be

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[–] Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 107 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 104 points 2 months ago

[–] Theidiam@lemmy.dbzer0.com 101 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 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Mariemarion@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fwiw, it's répertoire.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, can't blame autocucumber for that one. However, I've had a bitch of a time remembering English words since moving to a Spanish speaking country...

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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 90 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 28 points 2 months ago

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

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 75 points 2 months ago (2 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 9 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.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 59 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 28 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

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 58 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.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 51 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So the MPA will shut down now, right?

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 8 points 2 months ago

Mission accomplished!

[–] aniki@discuss.tchncs.de 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 45 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 (1 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).

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.ee 6 points 2 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.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 39 points 2 months ago

Tomorrow: a new mothership!

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 37 points 2 months ago

Oh shit, they know about the mothership. /s

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 months ago

Sure thing, bro. 👍

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 35 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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[–] 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 :)

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 months ago

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

[–] 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.

[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 26 points 2 months ago

Damnit guys, they beat us!

[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 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

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

Who? Oh, didn't even notice.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 16 points 2 months ago

eyup. mission accomplished and no worries going forward.

[–] 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.

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

Let me just say.... LOL

[–] MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago (5 children)

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

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[–] 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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[–] 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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