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The Guardian and other liars are reporting Fmovies is "shut down"

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

PSA: make sure you use a VPN and a good adblocker like ublock origin before visiting any of the listed links. We have not verified whether these are legitimate fmovie mirrors or scammy clone sites.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Question from a dummy: why should you use a VPN when visiting?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

IMO it's a good idea to use a VPN when accessing any pirated content, as a general rule. While there are exceptions (e.g. usenet, specific countries with piracy-friendly laws/enforcement) and it's arguably unlikely end-users of pirated streams would be prosecuted, why take the risk? It's cheap insurance and there are few downsides. In some countries ISPs will act on reported piracy at your IP address and you could have your internet cut off or suspended, and/or be fined. So, better safe than sorry.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Some western countries have very strict copyright laws (e.g. Germany and the U.S.) where if an ISP sees you accessing pirated content, your internet access might be cut off or you might even get arrested.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Plausible deniability

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

how do you know they are fmovies?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

the proof of the pudding is in the eating

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

You're just posting fake clones of the official websites again. The original website was taken down. The ones you linked are just other pirate streaming websites using the same name for recognition.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

Like a Hydra; You cut one head off; and two grow in it's place.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

damn mirrors are awesome

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

don't disrespect the mission accomplished banner!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah but aren't those clones? Before, it was something like fmoviesz.to

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

a lot of the people making these posts don't realise they are going to fake clone sites with a lesser library that could even be potentially dangerous. even outside of this space people are fooling themselves, I saw someone on discord post a fake 9anime link yesterday.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, for now, I'm trusting the clone posted on fmhy.net

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Seems they don't care, as long as the f is in the title lmao

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm disappointed so many people give credence to the Guardian. They have abysmal track record in reporting on topics they don't have expertise in or subjects they ideologically disagree with.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'll grant you that their tech column is dismal, but I happen to agree a fair bit with their ideology so I'm pretty much fine with their (so far) unpaywalled news site...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The video doesn't play though (?) Only the website is working

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I tried the .ps one and it worked for me