![]() Overall, recipients are warned that they must cease-and-desist any and all of their activities related to the site, including making available the copyrighted works of the MPA’s members. The MPA also wants to take control of the site’s domain – Nyaa.si – a common tactic in other anti-piracy actions. With immediate effect, recipients have been told to take all necessary steps to ensure that Nyaa is completely shut down. Nevertheless, the MPA appears to be operating from the position that these individuals are key to the running of Nyaa so, as a result, are making several demands. TorrentFreak has no way to confirm whether those who received letters are in any position of power at Nyaa but we are told that some – if not all – were at some point involved in fansubbing – i.e creating subtitles for anime releases that appeared on Nyaa. What we do know is that some or all stand accused of being part of the mysterious ‘Anime Cartel’ supposedly behind Nyaa. At the moment the suggestion is around five but that may not be the full picture. We are currently unable to determine exactly how many people were served in total. Others were served with similar documents via regular mail. While emailed threats are still a common anti-piracy strategy, we are informed that at least two of the individuals were personally served with legal documents at their homes. As a result, “significant, irreparable damage” has already been caused to the copyright owners by the site’s activities. The MPA clearly states that none of its cited members (Disney, Paramount, Universal, Columbia, Warner Bros, and Netflix, in addition to Amazon) have granted their permission for the works to be made available via Nyaa or the BitTorrent network(s) that underpin it. The letters allege massive copyright infringement via the Nyaa site and include a sample of copyrighted works, to which the MPA’s members hold the rights, that were allegedly infringed via the platform. Information suggests that several people in North America, Europe, and Australia have all received similar correspondence. MPA Targets Individuals Allegedly in Power at Nyaaĭocuments obtained by TorrentFreak dated September reveal the MPA, acting through legal representatives, attempting to pressure individuals who they believe are important at Nyaa and could have the ability to shut the site down. Now, however, things have become much more personal. In 2018, Nyaa.si was kicked out by Cloudflare for alleged abuse of its copyright systems, a claim denied by the site. Located at Nyaa.si, the platform is a reincarnation of the now-defunct and like its predecessor has had its fair share of copyright-related issues. That makes its position among the top five torrent sites in the whole world even more impressive since it derives large volumes of traffic from a relative niche audience However, a major outlier is Nyaa, a site focused on anime and other East Asian media. The vast majority are general purpose sites that link to a wide variety of content, meaning they are of interest to most people. Every year, TorrentFreak compiles a list of the most popular torrent sites in the world.
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