The movie-streaming project Movie-Web, known for its open-source approach, faced a setback as its public demo site, movie-web.app, was suspended by registrar Namecheap. Legal complaints from major movie studios prompted this action. Despite the domain shutdown, Movie-Web’s developers, recognizing the legal challenges, opted not to contest it. They clarified that the project’s code remains accessible on GitHub for others to utilize. While Movie-Web gained traction among movie enthusiasts, its model raised concerns due to its capability to stream content from external sources, including pirated material. The developers likened their platform to Google, emphasizing that they merely provided a search engine for third-party content. Nevertheless, Hollywood’s attention led to the domain suspension. Although the public demo site is no longer accessible, the project continues to thrive as users can still deploy self-hosted instances using the available code on GitHub.You