Following a recent court decision, French operators must block access to 28 illegal downloading and streaming sites. But, as always, the measures adopted may not be enough.
The hunt for pirates continues. And for at least the fourth time this year, a court decision requires the main French Internet access providers (Bouygues Telecom, Free, Orange and SFR) to block several dozen sites offering pirated content (films, series, music , software, games, etc.) for download or streaming. Once again, this decision comes from the Paris Judicial Court (see the full text of RG decision no. 24/11901 of October 18, 2024). And, like the previous ones (see our article), it follows a summons from several audiovisual production companies and organizations defending rights holders, such as the Union of Cinema Producers (UPC), the National Federation of film publishers (FNEF), the Digital Video Publishing Union (SEVN), the Association of Independent Producers (API), the National Center for Cinema and Animated Images (CNCIA) as well as Gaumont and Disney.
The goal is always the same: to prevent Internet users located in France – more precisely, customers of the aforementioned operators – from accessing sites illegally offering content protected by copyright – in this case, films and TV series. The eternal battle of these production companies and protection of rights holders, who suffer from piracy. As always, without any technical measure being imposed, justice demands that the operators comply within fifteen days following the decision, for a period of eighteen months.
Pirate sites: addresses blocked
This time again, the court gives the explicit list of the sites concerned, with the associated addresses.
1. binged.live
2. blueseries.cc
3. cinezzz.club
4. extremedown.homes
5. filmstreaming2.info, hds.best
6. filmoflix.club
7. filmoflix.cx;
8. filmoflix.cam
9. filmz-streaming.info
10. french-stream.wiki
11. hds-films.com
12. hds.so, hds-streaming.to
13. hdss.team;
14. hotstream.me
15. monflix.rip
16. papystreaming.vip
17. series.site
18. seriescultes.store
19. seriestream.link
20. seriesstreaming.buzz
21. streamcomplets.net
22. streamdeouf.run
23. seeserieshd.cc
24. wi-flix.wyz
25. wiflix.pw
26. wiliserie.cc
27. yopflix.cc
28. darkiworld.com, darkino6.top, darkino5.top, darkino4.top, darkino3.top, darkino2.top, darkino1.top, darkino.xyz, darkino.cc, darkino.world, darkino.pro, darkino.tel, darkino.space, darkino.asia, darkino.club, darkino.art, darkino.bz, darkino.biz, darkino.online, darkino.ink, darkino.me, darkino.ne, darkino.org, darkino.com, palixi. com, papaflix.com, tirexo.art, tirexo.lol, tirexo.org, tirexo.me, tirexo.net, zone-warez.com
There are many platforms which had until now escaped the wrath of justice, and in particular the very popular DarkiWorld, the successor to the famous Darkino and Tirexo (see our article) and its multiple variations, as well as many sites specializing in streaming.
However, as we have seen (see the screenshots above), these sites are still very easily accessible when using an alternative DNS. A simple, legal operation, and within everyone’s reach, as we have already emphasized on numerous occasions (see our article), the most difficult being finding the “good addresses”… which is what justice does in publishing them in plain text!
And even if the banned addresses are actually blocked, the owners of the incriminated sites will continue to use their usual technique, by simply changing their address, as they have been doing for years. No worries for those in the know, addresses are regularly updated on messaging services like Telegram and search engines can track changes.
From there to saying that the authorities are fighting against the windmills, there is only one step. Unless new, more restrictive technical measures are put in place, it is a safe bet that this game of cat and mouse will continue for a long time, to the great dismay of rights holders and their representatives…