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The Motion Picture Association (MPA) recently submitted its annual ‘Notorious Markets’ report to the U.S. Trade Representative, revealing the biggest piracy threats facing the streaming industry in 2025.
This year’s findings introduce a troubling new category called “hydra sites.” These platforms offer one-stop access to stolen movies and TV shows through web browsers.
Users don’t need subscriptions, downloads, or special devices. Popular examples include HydraHD, Nunflix, Cineby, Broflix, and other free movie streaming sites.
The sites rely on Piracy-as-a-Service providers like Vidsrc for on-demand content and Streamed.su for live sports. This infrastructure makes the platforms easy to replicate and difficult to eliminate permanently.
The MPA identified Myflixerz/Sflix as a priority concern, attracting roughly 622 million visits in August 2025. Despite previous enforcement actions, these brands continue operating through alternative domains.
Other major targets include Cuevana and MagisTV, which maintain millions of active users despite repeated takedown attempts. And what’s interesting about ‘MagisTV’ is its Google Play Store application that has over one million downloads.
The report notes that torrent sites like The Pirate Bay and 1337x remain operational but have become smaller threats as streaming grows more popular.
Illegal IPTV services continue expanding, with MagisTV/Flujo TV among the largest operations offering over 1,200 channels and 50,000 on-demand titles.
These services distribute content through multiple resellers and websites. Many have successfully registered trademarks in various countries, lending false legitimacy to their operations.
Beyond pirate sites themselves, the MPA highlighted companies that help keep them running. Domain registries for .CC, .IO, .TV, .RU, .SU, .SX, and .TO extensions continue serving piracy platforms despite repeated notifications.
Hosting providers like DDos-Guard, Private Layer, and newcomer Crypto Servers provide services to sites seeking anonymity and takedown resistance.
The report again mentions Cloudflare, noting that pirates use its services to hide their actual hosting locations. Cloudflare has previously responded that it works with trusted flaggers to share hosting information about reported sites.
Below is a list of ‘priority targets’ featured in the MPA’s report. We’ve only included the most notable names and you can find the full list of targets in the MPA’s report (PDF).
Linking and Streaming Websites
Piracy-as-a-Service (PaaS)
Direct Download Cyberlockers and Video Hosting Services
Illegal IPTV Services
Piracy Devices and Apps
Peer-to-Peer Networks & BitTorrent Portals
Hosting Providers
Registries
The 2025 report shows that piracy continues evolving faster than enforcement can contain it.
While authorities score occasional victories, new threats emerge using sophisticated infrastructure that makes them resilient to takedowns. The hydra analogy proves fitting – cut off one head, and others quickly grow back.
For a complete overview, view the full report from the USTR (PDF) and the report from TorrentFreak.
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