Matrix Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 China's Ministry of Public Security has announced details of a major crackdown on groups involved in movie piracy. In a lengthy report, the authorities reveal they have "destroyed" 361 pirate sites, 57 apps, and arrested 251 suspects. This, they say, is "an inevitable requirement for improving the competitiveness of China's film and television industry." China is well known for its piracy problems. The country is awash with counterfeit media but in recent years authorities there have displayed a new enthusiasm to deal with the issue. That includes tackling online platforms that distribute or facilitate access to infringing movies, including torrent sites, steaming portals, and infringing apps. During a press conference held on Monday, China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said that during the week-long Spring Festival in February, authorities had conducted a major piracy crackdown targeting those involved in movie piracy. The figures are impressive, to say the least. The MPS revealed that in the process of investigating 25 cases, police had shuttered 361 movie piracy sites, 57 apps. A total of 251 suspects were arrested. Press conference (credit: NCAC.gov) While the United States would like China to do more to protect international content, the press conference heard that following the release of local hit movies including Wandering Earth ($557m box office in two weeks), Flying Life, and Crazy Alien ($292m in 13 days), large-scale piracy of the titles became evident. This alarmed Chinese authorities who took immediate action. “Concerned about the problem, the rapid deployment and deployment of local public security organs carried out a series of project investigations against…film infringement and piracy in the Spring Festival and quickly identified and resolutely destroyed the production source and online communication network of the HD pirated films,” the conference heard. In one region alone, 59 suspects were arrested and more than 13,600 pieces of equipment were seized, including playback and encryption hardware and servers. The ‘Twist Film’ app, which was blamed for the greatest illegal transmission of pirated films, was reportedly “destroyed”. It’s claimed the app had more than 100 million users and offered in excess of 150,000 films. Suspects were arrested in China and “overseas”. The Ministry of Public Security said it deployed local authorities to Beijing and several other areas to “smash a number of pirated websites and apps” that had outstanding infringement issues, including the popular ‘Fantasy’ and ‘Film and TV Alliance’ apps. Also among the site casualties was a 170,000-member platform called ‘BTBus’, a platform known as ‘Qiu Xia’, and ‘BT Movie Paradise’, a site that’s claimed to have had 3.7 million visitors every day. The full list is lengthy so the above is just a sample. In comments to China’s National Copyright Administration, Wandering Earth producer Gong Geer said that after being released on February 5th, an illegal HD version appeared online on the 7th. This was immediately reported to the government and the response during the first week of the Spring Festival was described as “an anti-piracy war.” “As a creator, we must believe that the relevant departments can support us in law and policy. The only thing we can do is to create works with all sincerity,” he said. “No matter how much we are pirated, we believe that only the best works can attract the audience. As long as we do well, the audience will definitely go to the cinema to watch movies. This is a mutual trust between our filmmakers and the audience. I believe the audience will give us this opportunity.” The next round of trade war negotiations between China and the United States begin today in Beijing. China’s handling of intellectual property issues are a particularly hot topic. In March, the National Copyright Administration added US movies Green Room and Captain Marvel to a list of productions that should receive special protection, ordering online content providers not to host them and requiring online storage providers to prevent uploads. The US will want much more. Last week, as first reported here on TF, Avengers: Endgame appeared online after being filmed in a Chinese cinema, two days before its official US release date. The copies that appeared certainly weren’t in high-quality HD but the illegal appearance of this huge production won’t have gone unnoticed. View Original Article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VoidAtlas Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I'm kind of surprised and annoyed by more countries doing the bidding of Hollywood and other US organizations. Hopefully more innovations come to bring piracy into the future! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, VoidAtlas said: I'm kind of surprised and annoyed by more countries doing the bidding of Hollywood and other US organizations. Title: China Shuts 361 Movie Piracy Sites, 57 Apps, and Arrests 251 Suspects No way is China doing the bidding of Hollywood or USA this will never happen one word comes to mind Huawei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcid10 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 ⚔️ well,that's 251 less people in china now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debebee Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 5 minutes ago, bigcid10 said: ⚔️ well,that's 251 less people in china now Did they get killed? 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BioHazard Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Just now, teodz1984 said: Did they get killed? 😃 China doesn't excute pirates maybe spies and drug dealers. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcid10 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 10 hours ago, teodz1984 said: Did they get killed? 😃 10 hours ago, BioHazard said: China doesn't excute pirates maybe spies and drug dealers. 😀 No,But they'll surely Disappear 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 Every year they say China shut down pirate sites but most all pre release movie leaks come from China . Unless the movie leaks stop happening I think it just Fake News.' Big China torrent site been around for years http://www.mp4ba.com/ The Wandering Earth 2019 Liu lang di qiu (original title) Big movie from China leak from china in a nice 1080p and 4k print just this week, even before Netflix ever released it 🤣 Every year it's the same old song and dance but China really never tries to stop it . China to strengthen crackdown on fake goods, online piracy, says minister 18 Mar, 2016 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1926907/china-strengthen-crackdown-fake-goods-online-piracy-says-minister Fake News! I tell ya baidu.com has always been full of pirate sites .Piracy never really been censored in China even. TF should do some research on China before posting Chinese propaganda that China use to pull the wool over Hollywood's eyes , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjun Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 13 hours ago, steven36 said: Every year they say China shut down pirate sites but most all pre release movie leaks come from China . Unless the movie leaks stop happening I think it just Fake News.' Big China torrent site been around for years http://www.mp4ba.com/ The Wandering Earth 2019 Liu lang di qiu (original title) Big movie from China leak from china in a nice 1080p and 4k print just this week, even before Netflix ever released it 🤣 Every year it's the same old song and dance but China really never tries to stop it . China to strengthen crackdown on fake goods, online piracy, says minister 18 Mar, 2016 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1926907/china-strengthen-crackdown-fake-goods-online-piracy-says-minister Fake News! I tell ya baidu.com has always been full of pirate sites .Piracy never really been censored in China even. TF should do some research on China before posting Chinese propaganda that China use to pull the wool over Hollywood's eyes , For site like http://www.mp4ba.com/ does exists some plugin for web browser ...for non-chinese speaking people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 28 minutes ago, Arjun said: For site like http://www.mp4ba.com/ does exists some plugin for web browser ...for non-chinese speaking people? You just go to the release and put the magnet or torrent in like any other torrent site . You can use chromium or chrome and it will auto translate the site or you can install a translate addon for Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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