Anti-piracy coalition The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down video hosting site Gamovideo in Spain.
Gamovideo operated as a video host, allowing users to upload, store, and share illegal content.
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Gamovideo primarily served as a video hosting platform for pirate streaming websites. The platform incentivised uploaders by paying them based on downloads and views.
ACE said that platforms like Gamovideo act as “the backbone of the piracy ecosystem”, providing storage and streaming for illegal copies while forming partnerships with pirate linking sites and incentivising uploaders.
The platform ran 125 back-end subdomains supporting its operation and attracted more than three 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 commitments.
“Thanks to 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.”
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