• YeetPics
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    6011 months ago

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

    It is done, right?

    Right?

    • Dwemthy (he/him)
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      2911 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

  • @[email protected]
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    15411 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

    • Shadowedcross
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      4911 months ago

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

      • @[email protected]
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        6611 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

        • @[email protected]
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          1811 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
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            811 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
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            11 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 🤦‍♂️

    • TXL
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      2011 months ago

      I guess you weren’t in the ring.

    • @[email protected]
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      411 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      211 months ago

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

  • Kalkaline
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    11 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.

  • @[email protected]
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    4311 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
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      811 months ago

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

  • LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]
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    11 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      411 months ago

      I’ve head about private tackers forever, is it that much better than public? I have never really had an issue with public trackers ,but also never had an invite to a private one

      • @[email protected]
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        411 months ago

        IMO, yes. Just for the consistency of quality and absence of fuckery. Damn near any TV show/movie/documentary is on there in at least 1080p, usually in 4K for newer stuff. For music I use SoulSeek and for eBooks I use LibGen.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 months ago

        In general, yeah. Private torrent trackers tend to focus on specific types of content. Some might focus on cartoons. Some might focus on anime. Some focus on books. Some focus on video games. Public trackers, on the other hand, generally focus on everything, which, of course, means they won’t have a lot of the older or more niche stuff, and they might be lacking in one or more categories (music, anime, books, TV, etc.).

        It’s also much less likely that a torrent on a private tracker will die because most private trackers enforce certain rules about seeding and because the people there are generally much more into seeding than most people on a public tracker. (Probably most people on public trackers simply download what they need and stop before seeding anything back.)

        Private trackers are also typically the first (and sometimes only) places to get scene releases. Scene releases, which are done by private groups, are usually higher quality than stuff on public trackers. Sometimes, they leak onto a public tracker, but not usually.

    • SaltySalamander
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      211 months ago

      17 years is a pretty good record. Site must have been built with some damn good fake doors.