Studios Seek Pirate Identities via Cloudflare and Discord DMCA Subpoenas

The Motion Picture Association has filed two new DMCA subpoena requests in California federal court, aiming to uncover the identities of individuals operating dozens of unauthorized streaming operations and pirate community servers.

Acting on behalf of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, whose coalition includes Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount, and UEFA, the studio group is directing the legal actions at internet infrastructure vendor Cloudflare and messaging platform Discord, according to a report from TorrentFreak.

## High-Traffic Anime Targets

The initial filing in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California demands that Cloudflare surrender account data for 49 domain names. Leading the target list is anime platform Miruro, whose primary domain attracts roughly 45 million visits each month, alongside a secondary address pulling an additional 37 million visits, according to web analytics data cited by TorrentFreak.

The enforcement action also singles out Aniworld.to, a German-language anime and television site drawing approximately 23 million monthly visits, alongside an array of clone sites trading on legacy pirate brand names such as 123movies and Fmovies.

A companion subpoena targets Discord account holders suspected of administering communication hubs tied to unauthorized streaming rings, extending studio enforcement into private community channels.

## Administrative Discovery Tool

Under section 512(h) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, rightsholders can obtain court clerk-signed subpoenas compelling service providers to unmask anonymous customers without having to initiate a full civil lawsuit. The mechanism gives copyright owners a direct pathway to gather actionable intelligence on site operators while avoiding standard judicial review.

For Hollywood studios and streaming giants, shutting down commercial-scale aggregation hubs remains a central priority as international viewership expands. High-traffic piracy networks increasingly rely on domestic infrastructure providers to manage routing, making third-party discovery orders an essential first step before formal cross-border enforcement can take place.