The Nigerian Copyright, has secured the suspension of MovieBox.ng, an online site known for streaming pirated copyright materials including movies, music and live sports from Nigeria and other countries.
The Director General, Nigerian Copyright Commission, Dr. John Asein, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
He said the suspension, which was with effect from July 20th, 2025, has been commended by right owner associations in the movie, music and broadcast industries as a welcome development in its renewed fight against online piracy.
The Commission, in a preliminary report it issued, described the illicit operations as suggesting a coordinated attempt to sustain piracy operations through clone or fallback domains.
It also showed a coordinated effort by the website to evade detection and takedown by using multiple mirror domains to promote and gain access to copyright protected contents and a domain history that aligns with known piracy operations, the statement added.
The Commission thanked the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), for being responsive and called on other role players in the online space, especially Internet Service Providers and intermediaries to always act responsibly and expeditiously to take down notices and blocking directives as required under the Copyright Act, 2022.
The Commission is also taking steps to make sure that other mirror sites for the platforms are deactivated.
It advised the public to be wary of pirate sites that promises free streaming.
