Pirate Video Ripper NTG Shutting Down, Says ACE

NTG Release Group, a "massive 'ripping and uploading'" video piracy operation, is voluntarily shutting, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment said Monday. It said NTG, also known as "Not the Grinch," had operated since 2018 and was responsible for 4,600 pirated releases of movies and TV shows to torrent sites in 2020. ACE members include Amazon, Charter, Comcast, Disney, Netflix, Sony and ViacomCBS.