The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has successfully shut down video hosting site Gamovideo in Spain.
Gamovideo operated as a video host, allowing users to upload, store, and share illegal content. Primarily serving as a video hosting platform for pirate streaming websites, Gamovideo facilitated illegal distribution and streaming. The platform paid uploaders based on downloads and views, further incentivizing the unauthorized distribution of popular content.
Platforms such as Gamovideo act as the backbone of the piracy ecosystem, providing storage and streaming for illegal copies while forming key partnerships with pirate linking sites and incentivizing uploaders. Hosting services like Gamovideo directly pay these uploaders based on downloads and views, fueling the supply of unauthorized content.
The platform ran 125 back-end subdomains supporting its operation and attracted more than 3 million monthly users worldwide in 2024. Multiple streaming linking sites relied on the service.
Following an investigation, ACE recently approached the Barcelona-based operator, resulting in a shutdown of the service, including the transfer of pirate domains to ACE and other substantial commitments.
“Thanks ACE’s unmatched technical capabilities and expansive global network, a notorious player in the Spanish-language video hosting ecosystem can no longer harm the creative economy,” said Larissa Knapp, Executive Vice President and Chief Content Protection Officer for the Motion Picture Association (MPA).
“We look forward to continuing our joint fight to protect intellectual property and bring criminal operators to justice.”
All Gamovideo domains have been transferred to ACE and are now redirected to ACE’s Watch Legally site.
