The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), in partnership with the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), has shut down MovieBox.ng, a not+rious p+racy website that streamed unauthorised movies, music, and live sports.
According to NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Ijeoma Egbunike, the suspension took effect on July 20, 2025, following intensified efforts to combat digital p+racy. NCC Director-General, John Asein, said the move was widely applauded by rights holders in the film, music, and broadcast sectors.
Asein revealed that MovieBox.ng was part of a broader network of p+racy platforms using clone and fallback domains to distribute ill$gal content. “They use multiple mirror domains to access and promote p+rated content, with domain histories linked to known p+racy operations,” he stated.
He praised NiRA for its swift action and urged other internet service providers and intermediaries to comply with takedown requests in accordance with the Copyright Act, 2022.
The NCC also warned the public against using ill$gal streaming sites, saying such platforms not only v+late copyright laws but also pose serious risks including malware infections, identity th+ft, and financial sc+ms.
Efforts are ongoing to dismantle mirror sites associated with MovieBox.ng as part of NCC’s wider anti-p+racy initiative, the “Stand Together Against Online p+racy (STOP)” campaign, launched earlier this year.
The agency reaffirmed its commitment to protecting intellectual property and ensuring that digital platforms are not used to undermine Nigeria’s creative economy.
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