Month: July 2021

Hochwasser-Katastrophe: Totalversagen von Behörden, Landesregierungen und Bundesregierung

Armin Schuster, Katastrophenschutz, und Horst Seehofer, Innenminister, sind mitverantwortlich für den Tod vieler Menschen. Das jetzt zu sagen ist nicht “schäbig”, sondern notwendig. Kommentar und Hintergrund

Armin Schuster, Katastrophenschutz, und Horst Seehofer, Innenminister, sind mitverantwortlich für den Tod vieler Menschen. Das jetzt zu sagen ist nicht "schäbig", sondern notwendig. Kommentar und Hintergrund

MPA Adds New Pirate Streaming Sites to UK Blocklist

The MPA, which represents Netflix and the major Hollywood studios, has obtained a new blocking injunction in the UK targeting several pirate streaming sites. The court order helps to curb piracy, the industry group notes. Ideally, the MPA would like to request similar blocking injunctions in the US as well.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

ukThe list of websites that are blocked in the UK for facilitating copyright infringement is growing longer and longer.

In a new ruling issued this month, the High Court ordered the major ISPs, including Sky, BT, TalkTalk, and Virgin, to block access to over a dozen ‘pirate’ streaming sites.

UK Blocklist Expands

The new blocking request was issued following a complaint from the Motion Picture Association Europe (MPA), which acts on behalf of Netflix and several major Hollywood movie studios.

Among the new sites are the popular streaming portals Myflixer.to, Soap2day.to, Lookmovie.io and Moviesjoy.to.

With more than 60 million website visits per month, Soap2day.to is by far the largest target on the list. However, most of the site’s visitors come from the United States, not the UK.

soap2day

A public copy of the injunction isn’t available yet but an MPA Europe spokesperson confirmed that it’s the requesting party. The High Court issued the injunction on July 1st and ISPs were required to block the sites two weeks later.

19 Streaming Sites

The full list of blocked sites includes 19 domain names, but since it’s a dynamic blocking order, copies and proxies of these sites can also be blocked at the request of the MPA.

Commenting on the injunction, the MPA informs TorrentFreak that it continues to use “no-fault injunctive relief’ to make it harder for the UK public to access pirate sites. Thus far, it’s happy with the results.

“No-fault injunctive relief is an effective way of curbing the spread of online piracy and supporting jobs and growth in the audiovisual sector,” an MPA spokesperson tells us.

Malware and other Threats

Netflix and the major Hollywood studios obviously have a financial interest. However, the MPA stresses that the blocking measures also help to keep the public safe, mentioning potential malware and identity theft threats.

“Piracy harms everyone involved in the creative process – from writers, directors, and producers to cast and crew. It also harms consumers by exposing families to malware, identity theft and fraud.

“We plan to continue working with authorities across the region to implement these and other appropriate legal remedies in support of a safer and healthier online environment,” the MPA tells us.

Further Expansions?

The MPA is happy with the new blocking injunction and the organization hopes that a similar measure will be available in the US in the future. At the moment, US law already allows courts to issue blocking orders, but “no fault” injunctions, where ISPs are not held liable, are not available.

In the UK, obtaining new blocking orders appears to be little more than a formality at this point. Over the years, hundreds of sites have been blocked, and the number of blocked domains names, which also includes proxies, likely runs in the thousands.

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The full list of domain names covered by the latest blocking order are as follows: 1movies.best, azm.to, bflix.to, couchtuners.co, couchtuner.fashion, couchtuner.guru, couchtuner.stream, fmovie.sc, lookmovie.io, moviesjoy.to, myflixer.to, series9.ac, soap2day.to, vidcloud9.com, vumoo.to, watchmovie.movie, watchsomuch.tv, yesmovies.net, and yify-movies.net.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Google: Wear-OS-Upgrade erfordert Factory Reset

Google gibt auf einer Hilfeseite Einblicke in das Update auf das neue Wear OS 3. Die Software soll auch auf bereits erhältliche Smartwatches kommen. (Android Wear, Google)

Google gibt auf einer Hilfeseite Einblicke in das Update auf das neue Wear OS 3. Die Software soll auch auf bereits erhältliche Smartwatches kommen. (Android Wear, Google)

Vidme: Webseiten blenden ungewollt Pornos ein

Eine Pornowebseite hat die verwaiste Domain eines Videohosters gekauft. Auf bekannten Nachrichtenseiten wurden daraufhin Hardcore-Pornos angezeigt. (Video-Community, Youtube)

Eine Pornowebseite hat die verwaiste Domain eines Videohosters gekauft. Auf bekannten Nachrichtenseiten wurden daraufhin Hardcore-Pornos angezeigt. (Video-Community, Youtube)

Snake Eyes film review: More like “G.I. No”

A fan edit could get this into “so bad it’s good” territory. Until then, watch out.

  • Henry Golding, seen here doing one of many unnecessary combat-adjacent poses in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins.

Earlier this year, I gave a tepid recommendation to Mortal Kombat's latest theatrical reboot. What I didn't know at the time was how quickly I'd feel nostalgic for its quality and pacing.

That's how I felt after Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, which I went into with next to zero expectations. The trailers looked fun! Charm volcano Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) as an action star sounded intriguing! And it couldn't be worse than the previous G.I. Joe movie, right? Right?

Sadly, Snake Eyes takes the uneven formula, momentum, writing, and acting of Mortal Kombat 2021 and turns down the expectations dial in every department imaginable. By the end, Snake Eyes dampens its own so-bad-it's-good potential, in case you hoped to at least laugh and cheer while watching your favorite childhood action figures.

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