Relatively absent from the eyes of lawmakers and authorities compared to other comparable sites, the Zoro.to site has changed its domain name without much explanation, and its users are in a panic.
Circulate, there’s nothing to see, try to reassure the developers of the site, who explain that the latter has been “bought” by a new team.
Zoro.to, a giant that remains discreet
With more than 205 million visits per month, the Zoro.to site is not exactly a small player in the world of pirating movies and series on the Internet. However, he enjoys relative peace from the authorities and can continue his activities most often without being disturbed. The reason behind this may be due to the age of the site, barely two years old, the authorities probably preferring to focus on its well-established competitors.
Also, the site’s specialty, Japanese anime, is probably less likely to be targeted by IP lawyers than other sites with a broader cast, including big Hollywood movies. But for a few days, Zoro.to, it’s over. At least, its domain name, which now redirects to aniwatch.to. This platform shares the content, but offers a new graphic charter. Above all, there is no need to create a new user account, the old ones still work.
Why this name change?
The legitimacy and user safety for illegal streaming sites is generally suspect. It is therefore not surprising that this simple change has at least questioned the now ex-users of Zoro, who wondered what this Aniwatch could be. The change of domain is however not really a novelty for this type of sites, which are regularly forced to do so when their URLs are blocked by the courts. Even more pragmatically, it happens that illegal streaming or download sites, of which Twitter is now a part, change their domain name, not because they are forced to do so, but because Google penalizes the referencing of those who have been the target of too many copyright infringement complaints.
If these two reasons are credible, the developers declare that this modification has another explanation: Everyone calms down. Zoro has been bought by a new team of developers […], don’t worry, nothing changes, the old team stays to take care of the server. Not necessarily the most publicly visible operations, these takeovers seem to be increasingly common. It remains to be seen what these sites, which already in essence do not respect the law, do with the information of their users, which can be transferred at will.
Sources: TorrentFreak, PhonAndroid
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