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ThisAV
Type of siteInternet pornography
Available inChinese
HeadquartersHong Kong
AdvertisingYes
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Current statusDefunct

ThisAV is a defunct internet pornography sharing website hosted from Hong Kong, established in 2009. Contents uploaded are mainly in Chinese or Japanese. In 2015, the owner claimed the website to have around10 million accesses from a million unique IP addresses per day. About15% and 60% of those IPs originate from Hong Kong and Japan, respectively.

The site owner claims to be a 1980s Hongkonger, with a background in web hosting since their highschool times. They established the site during the 2008 financial crisis, being unable to find a satisfying career while seeing the potential popularity of an pornography website.

The site became temporarily inaccessible since January 2023, showing its domain name to be on sale when accessed. After its reactivation, the logo of "MissAV" is displayed instead of its typical one, when accessed from a mobile browser.

FANZA, a subsidiary of DMM.com, announced its acquisition of MissAV and ThisAV's .com domain name in January 2025. The company claimed to have tookover the site through legal actions.

History

ThisAV was established in 2009.

The website's theme music, To You That I can't Forget, is created in collaboration with Hong Kongese band ToNick [zh] in 2011.

The website was taken offline temporarily in September 1, 2012, in protest of the Moral and National Education controversy and supporting the Scholarism movement. The message "the Hong Kong government should consider the voice of those Scholarism kids and the 90 thousand protesters on the streets" was displayed on the webpage instead. The website included a blue ribbon in its logo after the attack on reporter Kevin Lau. Later during the Umbrella Movement, its typical logo became black-and-white, overlaid with a colored, yellow ribbon. It also released an article satirizing the 8·31 decision.

In Janurary 2025, a US regional court ruled against the owner of ThisAV in absentia, and requested the transfer of ownership for both missav and thisav's .com domain name to the Japanese corporation Will. That same month FANZA announced its takeover of the two domain name through legal actions.

References

  1. ^ "專訪ThisAV創辦人：我好少睇AV" [Interviewing the Creator of ThisAV: "I don't watch porn very often."]. 壹週Plus. 11 November 2015. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. ^ Wan, Adrian (2 September 2012). "Porn site urges users to fight against national education in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  3. ^ "ThisAV 專訪 ！解開「技術」問題 – 用 Flash 唔轉 HTML5 ? 低清 ? 無 iOS APP?" [Interviewing ThisAV: "Technical Support": can't use HTML5 but only Flash? Low video quality? No iOS app offered?]. Unwire.hk. 30 December 2015. Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. "老司機片片掰了！上古神獸級成人網站「ThisAV」突關閉 這網站招手「腥腥」相惜" [Goodbye to Porno! Legendary "Ancient Unicorn" of Adult Site ThisAV's Sudden Shutdown - The "Seminal" Website We'll Be Missing]. udn科技玩家. 4 January 2023. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  5. "2023上半年回顧｜15個最令香港人難忘的瞬間 00後最關心竟是..." [Reviewing the First Half of 2023 | 15 Unforgettable Moments for Hongkongers; The Stuff Gen Zs Care About the Most is Surprisingly...]. 香港01. 30 June 2023. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  6. "MissAV 免費高清AV在線看" [MissAV Watch Free HD Porn Online]. MissAV. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  7. ^ "知名成人網站無預警遭關閉 專家示警：難以根除" [Sudden Shutdown of Well-Known Adult Website, Experts Warn: Won't Stop so Easily]. 东森新闻. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  8. 謝文哲 (4 January 2023). "世界第一謎片平台「無預警掛點」 老司機崩潰：經典舊片那邊才有" [Popular Adult Site "Disappeared in a Sudden Puff", Fans Upset: "Only There Can We Find the Old Classics"]. 鏡週刊. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  9. ToNick - 我不能忘記你 MV. 3 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via YouTube.
  10. "鹹網都暫停 撐學民思潮" [Even Adult Site Stops its Service to Support Scholarism Movement]. 蘋果日報. 1 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via 聞庫.
  11. 李八方 (3 March 2014). "隔牆有耳： 香港良心AV人綁藍絲帶" [Always Listening: Conscientious Adult Site Owner Wearing a Blue Ribbon]. 蘋果日報. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2024 – via 聞庫.
  12. "【和平佔中】高登ThisAV標誌轉成黑色" [OCLP: ThisAV Logo Became Black-and-White]. 蘋果日報. 29 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  13. "靚抽王". 忽然1周. 3 October 2014. pp. 78–82.
  14. "WILL CO. LTD. v. KA YEUNG LEE, Dist. Court, WD Washington 2025". Retrieved 16 January 2025 – via Google Scholar.
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