Authorities shut down ‘largest’ video piracy siteBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterThe Criminal Investigation Bureau has shut down what was reportedly the nation’s top video piracy Web site, 8maple.ru (楓林網), and arrested its two alleged proprietors in Taoyuan. Authorities estimated that the site had infringed on NT$1 billion (US$33.2 million) in copyrights owned by the movie and TV industries. “The site was in 2014 started in Taiwan by the two suspects, who have the expertise as they are software engineers,” Chen said. A bureau investigation found that about 30 million downloads from the site monthly, while the proprietors made about NT$4 million in advertising revenue. The site was reportedly Taiwan’s top site for downloading movies and TV shows for free, and was also popular with people in China and other countries, becoming a prominent international piracy site.

Source: Taipei Times April 08, 2020 15:56 UTC