The Internet has revolutionized many things, including the way to acquire all the intellectual property possible without paying a dime: naturallyFilms and serials were the first works to be freely circulatedWhich causes many problems for legal entities. In the past decade, this has calmed somewhat due to popularization flowLed by Netflix.
However, with prices regularly increasing, the proliferation of new services – Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, MAX – as well as their options, and the bill continuing to rise, platforms flow Illegal immigrants are returning in force. At the top of the list is FMoviesone of the most visited sites in its category: 160 million visits per month, a third of which are directly from the United States.
New measures to combat piracy are planned
In terms of visits through a web browser, This makes it a better platform than giants like Disney+ or Crunchyroll. Of course, this poses a problem.
Confronting the rise of FMovies and its competitors, Charles Rifkin, CEO of the Motion Picture Association, recently… pass In the cinema with its determination to implement A system to completely block these websites in the United States.
It is a system that is already being used effectively in other countries, but is difficult to adopt in the United States. In the aforementioned country, Force ISPs to “block” browsing on these sites Through court orders is problematic: it contradicts the concept of free access to the Internet.
It is envisaged that there will be more discussions in the future to address this issue, considering that some government authorities have already stumbled over this matter. There are still no legal procedures in our area that attempt to block these sites through ISPsBut if it were achieved in the United States, it would have a major global impact.
