Charles Rivkin (CEO MPAA), Letter to Christine Peterson, Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation (2 October 2017). Gearchiveerd op 13 januari 2019. Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2019. "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."
Joanna McIntosh (Executive Vice President), Letter to Christine Peterson, Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation (7 October 2016). Gearchiveerd op 13 januari 2019. Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2019. "The site has a global Alexa rank of 559 and a local rank of 386 in the U.S. 123movies.to had 9.26 million worldwide unique visitors in August 2016 according to SimilarWeb data. The site is currently using a chain of reverse proxy services in the United States, Iran and Romania to curb rights holders’ ability to identify its precise host."
Charles Rivkin (CEO MPAA), Letter to Sung Chang, Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation (1 October 2018). Gearchiveerd op 13 januari 2019. Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2019. "An important development in 2018 was the shuttering of a ring of piracy services that had operated under the names 123movies, 123movieshub, gostream, and gomovies following the launch of a criminal investigation in Vietnam and significant industry engagement. Since its closure, many copycat sites have emerged. This ring of piracy services had been blocked in at least eight countries prior to its shut down and efforts are underway to shut down the copycats as well:"
news.com.au
Matthew Dunn, "123movies shuts down: Streaming giant warns users to stop piracy", news.com.au. Gearchiveerd op 20 januari 2019. Geraadpleegd op 19 januari 2019. "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."
torrentfreak.com
(en) Ernesto, MPAA Brands 123Movies as the World's Most Popular Illegal Site. TorrentFreak (16 March 2018). Gearchiveerd op 19 januari 2019. Geraadpleegd op 19 januari 2019. "“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."
Ernesto, Pirate Streaming Giant 123Movies Announces Shutdown. TorrentFreak (19 March 2019). Gearchiveerd op 14 juli 2019. Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2019. "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."
An Nguyen, World's most popular pirated movie site being run from Vietnam: US trade association (15 March 2018). Gearchiveerd op 13 juli 2019. Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2019. ""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," said Jan van Voorn, executive vice president & chief of Global Content Protection at the MPAA."
vnexpress.net
[TRANSLATED Vietnam - US cooperates to block bad content on YouTube and Facebook] (22 March 2017). Gearchiveerd op 14 juli 2019. Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2019.
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An Nguyen, World's most popular pirated movie site being run from Vietnam: US trade association (15 March 2018). Gearchiveerd op 13 juli 2019. Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2019. ""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," said Jan van Voorn, executive vice president & chief of Global Content Protection at the MPAA."
(en) Ernesto, MPAA Brands 123Movies as the World's Most Popular Illegal Site. TorrentFreak (16 March 2018). Gearchiveerd op 19 januari 2019. Geraadpleegd op 19 januari 2019. "“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."
Ernesto, Pirate Streaming Giant 123Movies Announces Shutdown. TorrentFreak (19 March 2019). Gearchiveerd op 14 juli 2019. Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2019. "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."
Charles Rivkin (CEO MPAA), Letter to Christine Peterson, Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation (2 October 2017). Gearchiveerd op 13 januari 2019. Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2019. "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."
Joanna McIntosh (Executive Vice President), Letter to Christine Peterson, Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation (7 October 2016). Gearchiveerd op 13 januari 2019. Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2019. "The site has a global Alexa rank of 559 and a local rank of 386 in the U.S. 123movies.to had 9.26 million worldwide unique visitors in August 2016 according to SimilarWeb data. The site is currently using a chain of reverse proxy services in the United States, Iran and Romania to curb rights holders’ ability to identify its precise host."
[TRANSLATED Vietnam - US cooperates to block bad content on YouTube and Facebook] (22 March 2017). Gearchiveerd op 14 juli 2019. Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2019.
Matthew Dunn, "123movies shuts down: Streaming giant warns users to stop piracy", news.com.au. Gearchiveerd op 20 januari 2019. Geraadpleegd op 19 januari 2019. "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."
Charles Rivkin (CEO MPAA), Letter to Sung Chang, Director for Intellectual Property and Innovation (1 October 2018). Gearchiveerd op 13 januari 2019. Geraadpleegd op 21 February 2019. "An important development in 2018 was the shuttering of a ring of piracy services that had operated under the names 123movies, 123movieshub, gostream, and gomovies following the launch of a criminal investigation in Vietnam and significant industry engagement. Since its closure, many copycat sites have emerged. This ring of piracy services had been blocked in at least eight countries prior to its shut down and efforts are underway to shut down the copycats as well:"
