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 76 points 1 month ago

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

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

I guess you weren't in the ring.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 month ago

and from the sound of it, i never will be

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 98 points 1 month ago (2 children)

[–] TammyTobacco@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 weeks ago

This made me genuinely laugh out loud. Thank you.

[–] archonet@lemy.lol 3 points 4 weeks ago

it's nice to see I've never had an original thought in my life

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 93 points 4 weeks ago

[–] Theidiam@lemmy.dbzer0.com 93 points 1 month 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 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Mariemarion@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fwiw, it's répertoire.

[–] The_Che_Banana 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 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...

[–] darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't know if I "missed the joke" but it's not an English word...

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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 80 points 4 weeks 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 24 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 68 points 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 weeks ago

Movies

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 53 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 51 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

It is done, right?

Right?

[–] dwemthy@lemdro.id 24 points 4 weeks 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

[–] aniki@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 19 points 4 weeks ago

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!

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So the MPA will shut down now, right?

[–] I_am_10_squirrels 9 points 4 weeks ago

Mission accomplished!

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 36 points 4 weeks ago

Tomorrow: a new mothership!

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 month ago

Oh shit, they know about the mothership. /s

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 month 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?

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 25 points 4 weeks 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 25 points 1 month ago

Damnit guys, they beat us!

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 25 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago

Who? Oh, didn't even notice.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 15 points 1 month ago

eyup. mission accomplished and no worries going forward.

[–] MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

Ditto.

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[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago

Let me just say.... LOL

[–] Rinna@lemm.ee 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Literally every site in my regular rotation is completely unaffected lol.

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[–] endofline@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 14 points 4 weeks 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.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 10 points 4 weeks ago

I think they think that Fmovies was actually relevant.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 8 points 4 weeks ago

Eat shit clown

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Me waiting for the next "mothership" to pop up so I can use it:

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

Make MoviePass Great Again!

[–] Unabart@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

Look how smug and happy he is! Anyone wanna tell him?

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