And if yes, what are the implications? Are times changing for piracy in this regard?
I’m asking since I’ve been noticing headlines every odd day or so about different streaming sites getting shut down. I don’t know if this is because people are sharing these types of news more now, or if it’s because in fact the tides are turning significantly and now companies and governments have more control and power over the web.
Is it just me getting fear mongered with these headlines or is it for real? Any veteran pirates out there that can share some thoughts?
Streaming sites are usually just the front-end of a content host. The are a number of different domains that all use the same hosts. Banning the streaming sites does absolutely nothing to prevent piracy. Streaming sites rarely host their own content. An example would be the recently banned NSFW streaming domain “Goodporn(dot)to” and it’s subsidiaries, which actually did host their own content. Given that they were arguably the most complete library of illegaly hosted copyrighted western pornography, it kind if made sense to prosecute them specifically.
As long as the actually content provider isn’t prosecuted the streaming sites won’t disappear. Finding a streaming site is essentially as simple as entering 123movies/series/anime/etc. into a search engine and clicking on the first link. The actual content providers like DoodStream, UpCloud, StreamSB, etc. usually operate out of countries where the copyright holder has no jurisdictions.
Edit: pretty sure I can’t directly link NSFW sites, even if the domain doesn’t exist anymore…