<s>
Movie4k.to,	O
formerly	O
Movie2k.to,	O
is	O
a	O
user-contributed	O
video	B-Application
directory	I-Application
for	O
television	O
programs	O
and	O
films	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
aggregation-website	O
acting	O
as	O
a	O
search	B-Application
index	I-Application
for	O
online	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
Movie2k.to	B-Application
was	O
shut	O
down	O
by	O
the	O
Motion	O
Picture	O
Association	O
of	O
America	O
(	O
MPAA	O
)	O
due	O
to	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
concerns	O
,	O
but	O
shortly	O
after	O
reopened	O
as	O
Movie4k.to	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
Motion	O
Picture	O
Association	O
of	O
America	O
(	O
MPAA	O
)	O
classified	O
Movie2k.to	B-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
notorious	B-Application
market	I-Application
"	O
for	O
piracy	O
in	O
a	O
letter	O
to	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
House	O
of	O
Representatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
federal	O
government	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
had	O
intentions	O
to	O
shut	O
down	O
video	O
directories	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Movie2k.to	B-Application
;	O
however	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
these	O
proposals	O
were	O
hindered	O
because	O
of	O
their	O
foreign	O
headquarters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
its	O
closure	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
possibilities	O
that	O
another	O
website	O
,	O
Movie4k.to,	O
would	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
,	O
edited	O
significantly	O
on	O
May	O
30	O
,	O
2013shortly	O
after	O
to	O
's	O
closure	O
,	O
was	O
registered	O
to	O
a	O
server	O
in	O
the	O
British	O
Virgin	O
Islands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June1	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Movie2k.to	B-Application
re-opened	O
as	O
Movie4k.to	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
released	O
a	O
statement	O
regarding	O
the	O
closure	O
of	O
Movie2k.to,	O
on	O
their	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movie4k.to	B-Application
does	O
not	O
host	O
any	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
instead	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
search	B-Application
index	I-Application
for	O
streaming	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Movie4k.to	B-Application
contains	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
directory	O
of	O
video	O
websites	O
,	O
mostly	O
on	O
the	O
television	O
and	O
film	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May2013	O
,	O
the	O
website	O
is	O
the	O
202nd	O
most	O
popular	O
website	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
major	O
effect	O
in	O
Germany	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
is	O
ranked	O
as	O
among	O
the	O
20German	O
websites	O
with	O
the	O
most	O
viewers	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
more	O
popular	O
than	O
Apple	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
PayPal	O
,	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
according	O
to	O
Alexa	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
