Brazzers Explained
Brazzers (company name: MG Premium Ltd.) is a Canadian pornographic video production company with headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and legal domicile in Nicosia, Cyprus. With an online network consisting of thirty-one hardcore pornography websites, the company's slogan is "World's Best HD Porn Site!" As of December 2020, the company features 2,340 different models and publishes across 31 different sites.[1]
History
Founded in 2004 by a group of Montreal investors, Brazzers became part of a larger group of pornographic sites under the corporate name of Mansef. In 2010, Mansef was sold to Fabian Thylmann and rebranded as Manwin Inc.[2] [3] In December 2012, Thylmann was extradited from Belgium to Germany on suspicion of tax evasion.[4]
In October 2013, Thylmann sold Manwin's assets, including Brazzers, to an internal management group, MindGeek.[5]
In 2014, Brazzers celebrated its 10th anniversary with a billboard in Times Square in New York City. The digital billboard was located at the corner of 47th and 7th and viewable for the entire month of August.[6] In 2010, Brazzers had used a Times Square billboard to promote its safe sex campaign and to announce its "Get Rubber!" slogan and website.[7]
In September 2016, Vigilante broke the news of a database breach suffered by Brazzers, which affected almost 1 million users after the site was hacked in April 2013.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Operations
Brazzers is owned and operated by Aylo, a multinational officially registered in Luxembourg.[13] The company was formerly known as MindGeek.
Brazzers came under industry criticism for associating with streaming media sites like Pornhub. In response, in 2009 the company initiated an anti-piracy campaign.[14]
Litigation
In 2008, after being fired, producer Bobby Manila sued Brazzers for fraud and violation of the terms of his contract. The lawsuit was eventually settled.[15]
In February 2010, Pink Visual Studio sued Brazzers' parent company, Manwin, for copyright infringement by distributing unlicensed video content on its free video-sharing sites. Brazzers' network has been accused of benefiting from unlicensed content by indirectly benefiting from traffic from sharing sites, but this was the first time a well-known studio had filed a lawsuit. A class action lawsuit was considered by other studios.[16]
In 2018, the Government of India banned Brazzers, among other porn websites, after a Uttarakhand High Court court order demanding the same in a rape case where the perpetrators stated they were motivated to do so after watching online pornography.[17]
Ranking
As of July 2021, Brazzers.com has an Alexa traffic ranking of 3,576.[18]
External links
- Web site: Brazzers. Brazzers. December 9, 2020. July 27, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080727041517/http://www.brazzers.com/home. live.
Notes and References
- Web site: Brazzers Company Profile Management and Employees List . 2024-06-17 . Datanyze . en.
- News: Pardon . Rhett . Brazzers, Mofos, Tube Sites Acquired by Manwin . . April 22, 2012 . July 15, 2010 . December 3, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004538/http://newswire.xbiz.com/view.php?id=122932 . dead .
- Web site: Meet The New King of Porn . . January 18, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129164718/http://www.cnbc.com/id/45989405 . November 29, 2014.
- Web site: 'Porn king' detained on suspicion of tax evasion . December 17, 2012. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141224105743/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/9750009/Porn-king-detained-on-suspicion-of-tax-evasion.html . December 24, 2014.
- Web site: Fabian Thylmann Sells Stake in Manwin to Company Management . December 17, 2012 . May 13, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170513174941/http://www.xbiz.com/news/170250 . live .
- Web site: Smithberg . Allen . Brazzers Marks 10th With Times Square Billboard . AVN.com . Adult Vide News . July 31, 2014 . March 16, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160316031629/http://business.avn.com/articles/technology/Brazzers-Marks-10th-With-Times-Square-Billboard-568134.html . live .
- Web site: Javors . Steve . Brazzers Unveils Massive New York City Billboard . AVN.com . Adult Video News . September 13, 2014 . October 1, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001091200/http://business.avn.com/articles/technology/Brazzers-Unveils-Massive-New-York-City-Billboard-415672.html . live .
- News: 2016-09-06 . Brazzers porn account holders exposed by hackers . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-08-21.
- Web site: Have I Been Pwned: Pwned websites . 2023-08-21 . haveibeenpwned.com.
- Breach of Brazzers Forum (MyBroadband) – http://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/178474-the-south-african-government-departments-exposed-in-the-brazzers-porn-forum-hack.html
- Web site: Hughes . Matthew . 2016-09-05 . Hackers ejaculate 800,000 Brazzers accounts onto the dark web . 2023-08-21 . TNW Insider . en.
- Breach of Brazzers Forum (LifeHacker) – http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/09/brazzers-porn-site-forum-hack-lead-to-80000-accounts-exposed/
- Web site: Manwin: opérations en coulisses. October 12, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20141025054116/http://paperjam.lu/news/manwin-operations-en-coulisses. October 25, 2014. dead. French.
- Web site: Webmasters Seek Solutions in Tube Site Wars . . July 25, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120118193308/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=105708&mi=all&q=brazzers . January 18, 2012 . dead .
- Web site: Manila vs. Brazzers.com Settles Out of Court . XBIZ . July 25, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120924142308/http://www.xbiz.com/news/news_piece.php?id=99785&mi=all&q=brazzers . September 24, 2012 . dead .
- Web site: Adult studio tackles 'tube sites' . AfterDawn.com . July 25, 2011 . February 22, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100222174944/http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/21709.cfm . live .
- Web site: Here is the full list of 827 porn websites blocked by DoT . . en . 29 October 2018 . September 2, 2022 . October 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181029101603/https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/here-is-the-full-list-of-827-porn-websites-banned-by-the-dot-5421127/ . live .
- Web site: Brazzers Alexa Ranking. Alexa.com. July 14, 2021. August 5, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190805121753/https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/brazzers.com. dead.