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MKVCinemas arrested due to Njalla providing customers purchase information - Reporter - Dec 13, 2025
Njal.la has been brought up here on HF multiple times before about
Is this a trusted domain provider / This is a bad domain provider
I was just reading this article on Torrentfreak -> https://torrentfreak.com/ace-anti-piracy-coalition-takes-credit-for-sudden-mkvcinemas-shutdown-251212/
I saw this line
Quote:Njalla, the privacy-focused registrar founded by The Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde, Ravi reportedly provided his real personal details and paid using a personal debit card.
For those who haven't heard about MKVCinema
Quote:“Collectively, the MKVCinemas domains accounted for 142.4 million global visits between 2024 and 2025. The piracy tool received 231.4 million visits in the same time period,”
I know "use fake name, use crypto", but that would also work on any registar, reason you use Njalla is so they register domain in their name, being a safe guard to you
Yet they provide the information if asked to
RE: MKVCinemas arrested due to Njalla providing customers purchase information - InspectorGadget - Dec 13, 2025
To be fair they say they are privacy focused, not 'your partner in crime' focused.
If you have a perfectly legal domain and usage then you'd be fine to use your real name and bank details.
You gotta be pretty stupid to not use a fake name and details and XMR funding and then use the domain to host a major piracy website. Especially if they are charging you $15, why on earth would somebody else face the legal repercussions of your actions for $15 a year? 🤣