Redigerer 123Movies (avsnitt)

== Nedstengelse ==
[[Fil:Streaming-site-123movies-to_shutdown.png|miniatyr| Varselet om nedleggelse av 123Movies]]
I mars 2017 rapporterte TorrentFreak at USAs ambassadør i Vietnam, Ted Osius, hadde vært i samtaler med den lokale informasjons- og kommunikasjons-ministeren Truong Minh Tuan om å stenge ulovlige strømmesider som opererte fra Vietnam, og listet opp 123filmer som et spesifikkt nettsted.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://torrentfreak.com/us-ambassador-asks-vietnam-to-target-123movies-putlocker-and-kisscartoon-170323/|tittel=US Ambassador Asks Vietnam to Target 123movies, Putlocker and Kisscartoon|besøksdato=21. februar 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://vnexpress.net/kinh-doanh/viet-my-hop-tac-chan-noi-dung-xau-tren-youtube-facebook-3559244.html|tittel=[TRANSLATED] Vietnam - US cooperates to block bad content on YouTube and Facebook|besøksdato=21. februar 2019|avis=[[VnExpress]]}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Kilde avis|url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/piracy/the-worlds-largest-piracy-site-has-announced-its-closing-down-for-good-urges-people-to-buy-content/news-story/728380a53ddd4c7c576081b6a13f4d6d|tittel=123movies shuts down: Streaming giant warns users to stop piracy|avis=[[news.com.au]]|etternavn=Matthew Dunn|besøksdato=2019-01-19|sitat=123movies has previously attracted the attention of the office of the US Trade Representative, having been listed in its latest Notorious Markets report which highlights markets engaging in and facilitating substantial copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting. Last year the US Ambassador to Vietnam also requested the local Government criminally prosecute 123movies and other piracy sites running from the country.}}</ref>

I oktober 2017 listet MPAA 123Movies (og GoStream.is) i sin ''Online Notorious Markets'' -oversikt til Office of the United States Trade Representative, og uttalte at mens nettstedet teknisk sett var basert i [[Ukraina]] at: «Nettstedet tar mange skritt for å skjule identiteten til operatøren, inkludert bruk av Cloudflare, men det er sterk grunn til å tro at operatøren fortsatt er i Vietnam; innhold lastes opp ved hjelp av cyberlockere fra en rekke e-postkontoer som stammer fra Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy.»<ref name="mpaa2017">{{Kilde www|url=https://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/notorious-markets-final.pdf|tittel=Letter to Christine Peterson, Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation|besøksdato=21. februar 2019|etternavn=[[Charles Rivkin]] (CEO MPAA)|sitat=123movies, now redirects to Gostream.is, the latest iteration of which is a very popular streaming website that embeds popular movie and series content from third-party cyberlockers. The site has undergone changes in 2016-2017, rebranding as gomovies in March 2017, and then the domain name registered as gostream in July 2017; it is believed this is due in part to highprofile pressure. Gostream currently has a global Alexa rank of 477 and a local rank of 170 in the U.S. Gostream (and its associated domains) garnered 18.45 million unique visitors in July 2017 according to SimilarWeb data.}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Kilde www|url=https://torrentfreak.com/why-did-the-worlds-largest-streaming-site-suddenly-shut-down-180401/|tittel=Why Did The World's Largest Streaming Site Suddenly Shut Down?|besøksdato=19. februar 2019|etternavn=Ernesto|språk=en}}<cite class="citation web cs1" data-ve-ignore="true">Ernesto (1 April 2018). [https://torrentfreak.com/why-did-the-worlds-largest-streaming-site-suddenly-shut-down-180401/ «Why Did The World's Largest Streaming Site Suddenly Shut Down?"]. ''[[TorrentFreak]]''<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 February</span> 2019</span>.</cite></ref><ref name=":0">{{Kilde www|url=https://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-brands-123movies-as-the-worlds-most-popular-illegal-site-180316/|tittel=MPAA Brands 123Movies as the World's Most Popular Illegal Site|besøksdato=2019-01-19|etternavn=Ernesto|språk=en|sitat=“Right now, the most popular illegal site in the world, 123movies.to (at this point), is operated from Vietnam, and has 98 million visitors a month,” Van Voorn said, quoted by VNExpress.}}<cite class="citation web cs1" data-ve-ignore="true" id="CITEREFErnesto2018">Ernesto (16 March 2018). [https://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-brands-123movies-as-the-worlds-most-popular-illegal-site-180316/ «MPAA Brands 123Movies as the World's Most Popular Illegal Site"]. ''[[TorrentFreak]]''<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-01-19</span></span>. <q>"Right now, the most popular illegal site in the world, 123movies.to (at this point), is operated from Vietnam, and has 98 million visitors a month," Van Voorn said, quoted by VNExpress.</q></cite></ref>

19. mars 2018 kunngjorde et notat på nettstedets hjemmeside at det ble stengt, og oppfordret brukere til å «respektere filmskapere ved å betale for filmer og TV-serier».<ref name=":1">{{Kilde www|url=https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-streaming-giant-123movies-announces-shutdown-180319/|tittel=Pirate Streaming Giant 123Movies Announces Shutdown|besøksdato=21. februar 2019|etternavn=Ernesto|sitat=According to a message posted on the site, it will close its doors at the end of the week. At the same time, the operators are now urging their users to respect filmmakers by paying for movies and TV-shows.}}<cite class="citation web cs1" data-ve-ignore="true" id="CITEREFErnesto2019">Ernesto (19 March 2019). [https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-streaming-giant-123movies-announces-shutdown-180319/ «Pirate Streaming Giant 123Movies Announces Shutdown"]. ''[[TorrentFreak]]''<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 February</span> 2019</span>. <q>According to a message posted on the site, it will close its doors at the end of the week. At the same time, the operators are now urging their users to respect filmmakers by paying for movies and TV-shows.</q></cite></ref><ref name=":6">{{Kilde avis|url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/piracy/the-worlds-largest-piracy-site-has-announced-its-closing-down-for-good-urges-people-to-buy-content/news-story/728380a53ddd4c7c576081b6a13f4d6d|tittel=123movies shuts down: Streaming giant warns users to stop piracy|avis=[[news.com.au]]|etternavn=Matthew Dunn|besøksdato=2019-01-19|sitat=123movies has previously attracted the attention of the office of the US Trade Representative, having been listed in its latest Notorious Markets report which highlights markets engaging in and facilitating substantial copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting. Last year the US Ambassador to Vietnam also requested the local Government criminally prosecute 123movies and other piracy sites running from the country.}}<cite class="citation news cs1" data-ve-ignore="true" id="CITEREFMatthew_Dunn">Matthew Dunn. [https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/piracy/the-worlds-largest-piracy-site-has-announced-its-closing-down-for-good-urges-people-to-buy-content/news-story/728380a53ddd4c7c576081b6a13f4d6d «123movies shuts down: Streaming giant warns users to stop piracy"]. ''[[news.com.au]]''<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-01-19</span></span>. <q>123movies has previously attracted the attention of the office of the US Trade Representative, having been listed in its latest Notorious Markets report which highlights markets engaging in and facilitating substantial copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting. Last year the US Ambassador to Vietnam also requested the local Government criminally prosecute 123movies and other piracy sites running from the country.</q></cite></ref>