IPOPHL recommends blocking of 6 piracy sites

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has issued requests to block access to six sites that have been found pirating movies.

- By LOUELLA DESIDERIO

In a statement, the IPOPHL said two requests were sent to internet service providers (ISPs) yesterday, with the first covering the blocking of SFlix sites, namely sflix.to, sflix.se and sflix.is and the second involving MyFlixer sites myflixerz.to, myflixertv.to and myflixer.today.

The move coincides with the celebration of the National Anti-Piracy Month this October, established under Proclamation 596 signed in 2018.

Prior to sending the requests to ISPs, these were posted on the IPOPHL website for five days starting Oct. 24 to give website owners time and due process to respond as prescribed by IPOPHL's Memorandum Circular 2023-025 or the Rules on Voluntary Administrative Site Blocking.