Putlocker

Putlocker

Screenshot of Putlocker's homepage
Type of site
 Online file hosting index
Available in English
Revenue Advertisements
Website putlockers.ch
Alexa rank Increase 1,086 (December 2016)[1]
Registration None
Current status Online

Putlocker is an online index of hosted files and a website used for streaming entertainment media such as films and television series. In May 2016, the website was blocked in the UK by the order of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,[2] and the website has been reported by the Motion Picture Association of America as a major piracy threat.[3]

History

Putlocker originated in the United Kingdom under the url putlocker.com. In early January 2012, the website received about 800,000 visitors a day, but after the popular website Megaupload was shut down due to copyright infringement, Putlocker began receiving approximately 1.6 million visitors a day.[4] The website's operations officer, Adrian Petroff, found Megaupload's closure worrying, stating "who needs SOPA when a studio exec can make a wish/hit list and sites ‘voluntarily’ shut down?"[5] In March 2012, Putlocker was identified by Alfred Perry, vice president for worldwide content protection at Paramount Pictures, as one of the "top 5 rogue cyberlocker services".[6] The website's url was changed to putlocker.bz, an address which was seized by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit of the UK in June 2014, and was subsequently changed to putlocker.is, a domain located in Iceland.[7] Since early October 2016, the putlocker.is address, currently displays an error stating that the website's host service is inaccessible.[8] Around this time, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) reported Putlocker to the Office of the United States Trade Representative as a piracy threat.[3] The MPAA revealed that Putlocker operates from Vietnam, and its servers are hosted by the Swiss company Private Layer.[3]

Prior to its closure, putlocker.is was listed among the 250 top websites globally and the top 150 in the United States, according to Alexa data.[9] A mirror site under the address putlocker.today appeared shortly after the assumed termination of putlocker.is, and on October 17, 2016, an address under the name putlocker9.com was reported to be available.[9]

On November 2, 2016, the putlocker.is address became active again, redirecting its users to the updated url putlockers.ch.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Putlocker Site Info". Alexa. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Bolton, Doug (26 May 2016). "Putlocker blocked in the UK by internet service providers after High Court order". The Independent. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Prabhu, Vijay (17 October 2016). "Yet Another Video Streaming Service Bites The Dust, Putlocker Shuts Down". TechWorm. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Tung, Liam (5 April 2012). "Hollywood bloodlust cripples another filelocker". IT News. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Enigmax (3 April 2012). "We're No Rogue Site: PutLocker Responds To Hollywood". Torrent Freak. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Sandoval, Greg (31 March 2012). "MPAA wants more criminal cases brought against 'rogue' sites". CNET. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Harblson, Cammy (4 June 2014). "Is Putlocker.bz Down Or Not Working? Domain Seized But Free Movie Streaming Site Lives Under New Domain Name". iDigitalTimes. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Toledo, Michael Jay (17 October 2016). "Putlocker Alternative: Free Movies 2016 Still Available? No URL Ban?". The BitBag. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  9. 1 2 Ibe, Gerald (17 October 2016). "Putlocker New Site Appears After Putlocker.is Taken Down; Is It Safe?". TechPlz. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Putlocker.is Up And Running Again!". Everyday Electronics. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  11. ↑ Singh Pandher, Gurmeet (4 November 2016). "Putlocker.is Still Down; Beware Of Clones: Original Website Back with New Address". The BitBag. Retrieved 5 November 2016.

Websites operated by Putlocker

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