Is It Legal to Watch Putlocker Movies, TV Series? Things You Need to Know about Putlocker

Putlocker is an online streaming site, or more specifically, a group of piracy sites that host entertainment media files (mainly movies and TV) for free streaming and downloading. It provides links to the latest, trending, and premium Movies and TV shows from Netflix, HBO, and more so users can watch them for free. Its profits mainly come from advertising and its premium services, with an estimated network value of $2,140,000. According to website worth calculator Worthofweb.com, Putlocker.com attracts nearly 1 million visitors per day and is estimated to earn $1,307 per day, or $470,520 per year.

Since Putlocker is a file hosting piracy site, it has experienced numerous controversies and charges on copyright infringement over the years.

Back in 2012, the shutdown of another large piracy site, Megaupload, further boosted the spread of Putlocker among the public. Putlocker was recognized as one of the "top 5 rogue cyberlocker services" by the vice president of Paramount Pictures. Putlocker.com was thus forced to change to Putlocker.bz and again in 2014 to putlocker.is. In 2016, the site was blocked by a High Court order in the UK, but more mirror and proxy sites have since emerged. In 2017, the Federal Court of Australia permanently banned 42 piracy websites including Putlocker, KissCartoon, and GoMovies. A California man was charged against a federal copyright law in 2018 after downloading a commercial movie from Putlocker and uploading it to Facebook.

Watching Putlocker TV and Movies is illegal because the resources on the site are not licensed. If you get caught watching or downloading these pirated content, you may face a fine or legal lawsuit.

It should be reminded again that piracy is illegal and watching pirated content can be both dangerous and unethical.

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