'Bulletproof' ISPs a Growing Video Piracy Tool: U.S. Trade Representative
Successes over the past year in combating piracy included shuttering Fmovies and associated video piracy sites (see 2408290025), the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said Wednesday in the latest annual Notorious Markets list. Fmovies was on the list…
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since 2017, it said. USTR said the wide use of cyberlockers and "bulletproof" internet service providers that are particularly lenient toward piracy remain areas of concern. The reliance on bulletproof ISPs makes it increasingly difficult for rights holders to remove infringing content, especially when ISPs disguise their ownership and locations and won't respond to rights holders’ takedown requests, USTR said. The 38 online piracy markets highlighted in the 2024 report include video piracy sites 1337X, GenIPTV, MagisTV and Vegamovies.