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‘World’s largest’ piracy ring Fmovies shut down by police in Vietnam



Major film studio group Ace spearheaded takedown of piracy operation that garnered billions of site visits yearlyAn international anti-piracy coalition including major Hollywood studios has claimed victory over Fmovies, a large illegal streaming operation based in Vietnam.The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (Ace), whose governing members include Netflix, Apple TV+, Amazon and the Walt Disney Studios, announced Thursday that it worked with Hanoi police to shut down Fmovies and affiliated sites. The illegal consortium, with sites including Bflixz, Flixtorz, Movies7 and Myflixer in addition to Fmovies, constituted “the largest pirate streaming operation in the world”, according to Ace, with more than 6.7bn visits between January 2023 and June 2024. Continue reading…



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Author : Adrian Horton

Publish date : 2024-08-29 18:36:56

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