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Disney, Netflix & Crunchyroll Try to Take Pirate Sites Down Globally Through Indian Court
Indiaâs Court Tried to Kill Pirate Sites Global-StyleâThen Got Ghosted by Namecheap & Tonga
Disney, Netflix, and Crunchyroll thought theyâd found the ultimate piracy kill switch: an Indian court order that could force U.S. domain registrars and even the Kingdom of Tonga to nuke pirate sites overnight. Spoiler: it didnât go quite as planned.
The Delhi High Court dropped a Dynamic++ injunctionâbasically a legal nukeâtargeting 163 pirate domains, including fan favorites like yflix.to and bs.to. The plan? Make registrars like Namecheap, GoDaddy, and even Tongaâs government suspend domains in 72 hours. Bonus: they had to hand over subscriber info, including bank details and IP logs. Bold. Ambitious. Very ambitious.
But hereâs the twist: most registrars just⌠didnât show up. Namecheap? Still running pirate sites. GoDaddy? Crickets. Tonga, the tiny Pacific nation that owns .to domains? Didnât even acknowledge the order. Only a handfulâPorkbun, Hostinger, WHG Hostingâactually complied.
This isnât a failure of the courtâs power. Itâs a reminder that global copyright enforcement is like trying to ban memes with a subpoena: the internet just spawns new ones faster. Still, Indiaâs system is the most aggressive in the worldâand Hollywood wonât stop coming back for more.
Next time? Maybe theyâll just send a Bollywood action hero with a cease-and-desist letter.
