© Sergey Zolkin
As every year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has published its annual list of sites Problematic hacking web. The idea is to highlight these threats in the hope that major Internet players and authorities in other countries will take action against copyright infringements.
To establish its selection, the USTR relies in part on contributions from entertainment industry lobby groups, including the RIAA (Music) and the MPA (TV and Movies).
Well-known names in piracy
By looking closely at this list, we understand that these players are targeting the piracy ecosystem as a whole. In addition to well-known services, we therefore find companies specializing in domain names, proxies, or hosting companies. Some are therefore not directly responsible for piracy, but could be used by pirates.
Unsurprisingly, we find big names, such as 1337x, TorrentGalaxy, RuTracker and YTS, or even the immovable The Pirate Bay. In the field of video games, the American authorities mention FitGirl-Repacks, known for giving access to pirated versions on PC.
Finally, the USTR welcomes several successes obtained this year in the field of piracy and in particular the operation “Taken Down” which allowed the dismantling of a large network in Italy.
Here is the list of sites and services identified by the USTR in its annual report:
Torrent Sites
- 1337X: torrent file sharing platform.
- RuTracker: main Russian torrent site.
- The Pirate Bay: historic torrent sharing site.
- TorrentGalaxy: Site offering a variety of torrents.
- YTS.mx: Site offering a variety of torrents.
File Hosters/Cyberlockers
- 1fichier: file hosting and sharing service.
- Krakenfiles: large file storage platform.
- Rapidgator: file hosting often associated with sharing protected content.
- Savefrom: service for downloading content online.
Streaming/IPTV
- Cuevana3: streaming site for movies and series in spanish.
- GenIPTV : IPTV service provider.
- Hianime : anime streaming site.
- MagisTV : IPTV service offering live channels.
- VegaMovies : movie streaming platform.
Hosting/Infrastructure
- Amaratu : service provider accommodation.
- DDoS-Guard: DDoS attack protection service.
- FlokiNET: hosting provider offering services focused on freedom of expression.
- Squitter: hosting service provider.
- Virtual Systems: virtual hosting service.
Social Networks
- VK: network Russian social.
Video Games
- NSW2U: site offering games for Nintendo Switch.
- FitGirl-Repacks: provides PC versions of video games.
- Unknowncheats: forum offering mods for online games.
Music
- Y2Mate: download service and converting YouTube videos.
Editing
- Libgen: Online library offering e-books.
- Sci-Hub: website providing scientific articles.
Finally, let us point out that, despite the increasingly strong repression against pirate platforms, their success is growing. IPTV traffic has never been so high, for example.
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