FMovies is one of the leading websites that hosts embedded videos and links allowing viewers to watch or download pirated free movies. Although FMovies is often mentioned as an alternative to the former 123Movies pirate movie site, in South Africa, it is illegal to download or stream movies from it.
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You should be aware of illegal movie sites such as FMovies and 123Movies that are set out as bait. Your IP can be traced and you don’t want to find yourself on the wrong side of the law. As shocking as it may sound, movies such as ‘Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw‘ has already made its way on the internet a day before the initial release.
Hobbs & Shaw full movie in HD was leaked on the notorious illegal torrent websites such as TamilRockers in India, FMovies and YesMovies for free download.
What illegal torrent websites claim to offer
These illegal movie sites claim to offer latest movies in HD 1080p, 720p CAM, Blue-Ray and many other resolutions. They also serve the best quality of movie downloading for free online. According to some reviews, FMovies movie streaming website also allows users to watch any TV shows and any movie genre without any trouble. However, due to copyright laws and internet regulations, in many countries ISP and government FMovies is blocked. As a result, users can’t watch their favourite TV shows and free movies on the site.
History of FMovies
According to TorrentFreak, FMovies was created sometime in 2016 and blocked by the leading search engine Google LLC in December 2016. Due to copyright laws, the site lost a lawsuit brought by Filipino media and entertainment group ABS-CBN. The site was fined $210,000. In January 2018, the U.S. Government marked the site along with The Pirate Bay as a Notorious Market.
Last year October, a Swedish ISP company called ‘Telia Company’, was ordered to block the movie site. However, FMovies appealed the order, but that month, the U.S. Government received a report from the Motion Picture Association of America. Other countries that have blocked FMovies include Australia, Sweden and ISPs in India.
According to various reports, the FMovies site is still active, but its location is not known.
Conclusion
If you don’t want to find yourself on the wrong side of the law. We suggest you subscribe with legal online subscription video on demand service providers such as Netflix, Hulu, Showmax, Amazon Prime Video, or Showtime. Alternatively, you can also check out other top free online watch movies sites which provide the best movies in 720p and 1080p HD.
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