This week, a new batch of sites was added to this ever-growing blocklist. Since then, many other pirate sites have received the same treatment. Not much later, Denmark became the first European country to force an ISP to block access to The Pirate Bay.
The first Danish blocks date back to 2006, when music industry group IFPI filed a complaint targeting the unlicensed Russian MP3 site AllofMP3. In many countries blocking is a relatively new measure, but Denmark has years of experience. These blocking measures are not bulletproof but pose a hurdle for casual pirates, which can bring down overall piracy rates. Its largest markets are - or were - the United States, Mexico, India, Japan, and Colombia, according to the web traffic tracker.In recent years, site blocking has emerged as a preferred anti-piracy solution in dozens of countries. But it’s currently unclear if Y2mate is getting shut down in specific countries or faces a complete global shutdown.Įarly August 3rd, the RIAA responded but declined to comment on the Y2mate situation to Digital Music News.Īccording to SimilarWeb, the stream-ripper draws more than 128 million visitors monthly. That may have been part of a far broader attack against the video stream-ripper in multiple countries worldwide. The shutdown appears to be the result of a long-running battle with the RIAA, which represents major recording labels Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment.īack in May of 2019, Digital Music News first reported that the RIAA had launched a major attack against Y2mate, specifically by issuing subpoenas against domain name registrant Namesecure and CDN Cloudflare. That includes a commenter below, which DMN can now confirm with our own tests of the region. Other Australian users have reported that they can access the site, however. Instead of the usual page, the following message appears: “Access to this website has been disabled by an order of the Federal Court of Australia because it infringes or facilitates the infringement of copyright. In Australia, one user reported that is unavailable.
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