Illegal streaming: this popular service wants to destroy piracy, it's going to hurt

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Real-Debrid is starting to make a name for itself. As a reminder, this is a service that allows you to download torrents without waiting to watch streaming content almost instantly.

These features have ended up attracting the attention of pirates and this offer is enjoying increasing success among them. Enough to irritate rights holders, and it is precisely following pressures suffered in France that Real-Debrid announced very strong measures against this illegal use of its tool.

Firm measures against piracy

In detail, the service informed its users that its decision comes after a formal notice from the National Federation of Film Publishers (FNEF). Real-Debrid warns that it will block certain cyberlockers, online tools that allow you to store and share files, which are on the European Union's piracy watch list, as well as those targeted by Uncle Sam. While no names are mentioned, our colleagues at TorrentFreak believe that RapidGator, KrakenFiles, and Mega are in the hot seat.

Similarly, the service plans to disable its API that could be used by certain third-party applications, such as media centers like Kodi and Plex. The InstantAvailability option, which allows you to instantly stream and download cached videos, will also no longer be accessible.

Real-Debrid also promises to filter certain keywords, and announces in advance that this could lead to false positives. Finally, it announces the blocking of torrents of trackers mentioned in the lawsuits filed with the Paris judicial court.

Will this be enough ?

It is still too early to know the exact impact of the announced measures. In any case, users have not waited to make their discontent known online following the adoption of this anti-piracy device.

This could also tarnish the image of this service among users who are looking for safe ways to pirate series and films. It is also not certain that this will be enough to appease rights holders. As our colleagues rightly point out, the latter could soon return to the charge with new demands to counter piracy.

What to remember:

• Real-Debrid is highly prized by pirates
• Following requests from French film publishers, the service has announced concrete measures against illegal downloading
• This includes filtering certain keywords and blocking cyberlockers
• Only time will tell whether this will ultimately bear fruit

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