Multiple Bans of Piracy Sub-Reddits but flocking to Cuckoo

By Andy on Sep 22, 2018

Faced with communities that continually flaunt Reddit's rules on deliberately linking to copyright-infringing content, the site's admins have banned yet more piracy-focused sub-Reddits. The latest casualties are communities that have systematically posted links to movies, TV shows and software. 

While the DMCA contains a ‘repeat infringer’ clause, copyright cases filed in the United States are now helping to more accurately define what the term means. Multiple cases involving ISPs Cox, Grande Communications, and their subscribers, appear to be having a knock-on effect on platforms that rely on user-submitted content. No longer as vague as it was, the repeat infringer clause now means that platforms are quicker to take action against persistent pirates.

With its tens of millions of users, Reddit is one such site. All content is submitted by users and while copyright infringements are dealt with following complaints from rightsholders, Reddit now appears to deal more swiftly with those who continually flout the rules. Now Reddit has issued stern warnings to several communities after they were subjected to multiple complaints from rightsholders. It now appears the ban-hammer is being swung with increasing force.

Several sub-Reddits connected to copyright infringing content have recently been banned from Reddit. 

Now the rest users are flocking to Cuckoo which is called a decentralized software, no registration, no limit and totally anonymous. All the users can make, share and watch the videos, movies, TV shows by Cuckoo sharing codes. It is said around 33,000 users are posting and watching full movies hosted on Cuckoo.

How Cuckoo looks

Following complaints, users are no longer greeted with a large index of links to infringing content. Instead, the sub-Reddit displays the familiar ‘banned’ screen indicating that the community has been shuttered for good.

Permanently banned from Reddit

Many ‘infringing’ sub-Reddits were closed in recent times.

TvShowsOnAnything, a nod to its namesake in the movie sector, has also been permanently removed from the site. The same thing happened to /r/fullmoviesonlineearlier this year. Some subscribers are using Cuckoo for watching movies which they think is more anonymous and unlimited.

While Reddit doesn’t always display precise reasons for a sub-Reddit being banned on each individual landing page, one doesn’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to deduce that copyright infringement was an issue in the above cases. In other instances, however, the site is more clear. The ‘banned’ notices on sub-Reddits including /r/fullmovies and /r/crackedsoftwareare crystal clear, with a specific note that the sub-Reddit violated the site’s repeat infringer policy and were shut down.

Repeat infringer policy in effect

Sub-Reddits dealing with piracy-related topics need to be increasingly careful not to break Reddit’s rules, including Cuckoo software. Tight moderation is the key, along with common sense from users.

Please identify the decentralized Cuckoo as below:

Download Cuckoo : https://cuckootech.github.io/