{"id":3690117,"date":"2024-07-02T05:17:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T09:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zephyrnet.com\/pirate-streaming-giant-fmovies-hasnt-updated-in-a-week\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T05:17:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T09:17:35","slug":"pirate-streaming-giant-fmovies-hasnt-updated-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zephyrnet.com\/pirate-streaming-giant-fmovies-hasnt-updated-in-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirate Streaming Giant FMovies Hasn\u2019t Updated in a Week","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nFMovies is one of the most visited pirate sites in the world, streaming movies and TV series to the masses. Anti-piracy groups have had the operators in their sights for a while, but thus far the site has managed to survive. Today, FMovies remains online, but new releases have been noticeably absent for a while.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"fmoviesWith more than half a billion site visits in just three months, pirate streaming site FMovies is seen as a major threat by Hollywood.<\/p>\n

The pirate site rivals<\/a> legal streaming platforms such as Disney+ in web traffic and has become the poster child for rejuvenated site blocking proposals<\/a> in the U.S. Congress.<\/p>\n

Pressure Mounts<\/h2>\n

To illustrate the brazenness of the site, lawmakers in Congress got a demo of the site<\/a> from MPA\u2019s Senior Executive Vice President, Karyn Temple, late last year. This showed how easy<\/a> it is to stream the latest movies and TV shows in one of the best secured buildings in the country. <\/p>\n

The operators of FMovies, who allegedly reside in Vietnam, are not oblivious to the controversy. They know that the MPA and ACE are on their heels but have managed to continue their operations despite legal and diplomatic pressure. <\/p>\n

From the outside, little appeared to change. The site has switched to a new domain name<\/a> occasionally, possibly to fight back against search engine demotions and pirate site blockades, but the constant stream of fresh pirated content kept going; at least until last week. <\/p>\n

FMovies Goes Stale<\/h2>\n

Without any type of explanation, FMovies hasn\u2019t updated with new content for over a week. <\/p>\n

For example, the latest \u201cHouse of the Dragon\u201d release on the site is episode one, which came out on June 17th. The Boys, meanwhile, is \u2018stuck\u2019 at the fourth episode, which dates back to June 20th.<\/p>\n

The most recent episodes appear to have been added to the pirate streaming site little over a week ago. That also applies to movies, as recent releases such as Netflix\u2019s \u201cA Family Affair\u201d are not listed.<\/p>\n

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This release delay is very unusual. Typically, pirated TV episodes and movies appear on FMovies within hours of their official release. The site\u2019s users need this type of instant access, or else they switch to one of the many alternatives or clones. <\/p>\n

Needless to say, the site\u2019s users are not happy. Aside from the lack of new releases, the site functions normally and, over in the comment sections, people are starting to wonder what\u2019s going on. <\/p>\n

Something\u2019s Up<\/h2>\n

To find out more, TorrentFreak attempted to contact the site\u2019s operators, but it appears that the regular contact channel is down at the time of writing. <\/p>\n

The lack of new content might simply be the result of a \u2018simple\u2019 technical problem. However, the fact that it has persisted for more than a week is highly unusual, especially without any official updates from the team. <\/p>\n

For context, it\u2019s worth noting that the FMovies team was previously linked to other pirate sites including BflixHD, SflixTV, and Losmoviesz. These sites don\u2019t have any trouble on the supply side, it seems. <\/p>\n

Given that all major anti-piracy groups have FMovies in their sights, we can\u2019t rule out an enforcement effort or intervention. If that\u2019s the case, it was only partially successful, so far, as the \u2018stale\u2019 site itself remains operational for the moment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n