The main anime piracy site suddenly stops adding new content

Piracy websites focused on Asian content, and anime in particular, have been taking a major hit recently, and one big site just stopped adding new content. Many fans watch anime like One piece on illegal websites, sometimes unaware that they are watching pirated content (especially younger audiences). Japanese companies, including publishers and studios, have been fighting digital piracy for years. Many of them worked with the Japanese government to shut down piracy sites.

The creation of CODA (Content Overseas Distribution Association), a Japanese anti-piracy association that includes major companies such as Shueisha, Aniplex, Avex, Kadokawa, Cygames, Shogakukan, Toei, Ghibli, TV Tokyo and more, is part of these efforts. CODA's efforts include working with several countries to shut down websites. CODA later formed a coalition called the International Anti-Piracy Organization, which included major international players such as Disney, Paramount and Neflix. The Korean government has also collaborated in anti-piracy efforts.

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a few days ago GoGo Anime, also known as Anitaku, has stopped adding new content. So far, the owners/operators of the website have not commented on this issue. Something similar happened to FMovies (whose chain of websites included 9anime/AniWave) earlier this year. They stopped adding content and a few weeks later they shut down the site. The same may happen with GoGo Anime/Anitaku.

GoGo Anime and Anitaku not only have over hundreds of millions of visits per month, but their content is mirrored by several other anime piracy websites, so this freeze (and potential shutdown) is highly affected by anime piracy because it will affect many other websites. .

Other digital piracy websites have recently been affected

Both have been linked to Dramacool, an Asian entertainment piracy chain that is coming under copyright pressure and shutting down many websites. And not only then. AnimeFenix, a popular anime piracy site for Spanish-speaking audiences, was also shut down this week. In this case, the operators left a note announcing the closure, where they also accuse Sony of forming an anime monopoly and also that state-owned companies have “more greed than heart”.

The companies, on the other hand, hope that these enforcement actions will drive fans to legal streaming platforms. The right claims that piracy costs them billions of dollars a year.

Given what has happened in the past, legal alternatives will probably cause an increase in their influx, but other piracy sites may also get a boost, as this problem is not so simple to solve. The anime industry is not alone in its fight against piracy, and this is an old problem that could even be involved in geopolitical issues.

What could have happened

So far, it is not clear what is happening in GoGo Anime and Anitaku. Not only have the operators not said a word, but no anti-piracy coalitions/organizations have claimed to be involved in the investigations. Given that the operators do not even contact the Discord moderators, it is possible that they have been arrested, but no information about recent anti-piracy operations leading to arrests has reached international newspapers.

Source: TorrentFreak