Rohan, a young college student, was no stranger to these sites. Like many of his peers, he found it hard to resist the allure of free entertainment. With a slow internet connection and a penchant for movies, 9xmovies and WorldFree4U were his portals to a world of endless cinema and television. However, behind the screens of these websites lay a complex web of digital piracy. The owners and operators of these sites often worked in the shadows, evading law enforcement and the watchful eyes of copyright holders. The content they provided was sourced illegally, ripped from theaters or directly from content creators, often of poor quality and sometimes not even properly encoded.