diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 11e6eaea..2390656b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "movie-web",
-  "version": "3.2.4",
+  "version": "3.2.5",
   "private": true,
   "homepage": "https://movie-web.app",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/setup/config.ts b/src/setup/config.ts
index a7d9067b..b4fd63d5 100644
--- a/src/setup/config.ts
+++ b/src/setup/config.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ interface Config {
   TMDB_READ_API_KEY: string;
   CORS_PROXY_URL: string;
   NORMAL_ROUTER: boolean;
+  DISALLOWED_IDS: string;
 }
 
 export interface RuntimeConfig {
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ export interface RuntimeConfig {
   TMDB_READ_API_KEY: string;
   NORMAL_ROUTER: boolean;
   PROXY_URLS: string[];
+  DISALLOWED_IDS: string[];
 }
 
 const env: Record<keyof Config, undefined | string> = {
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ const env: Record<keyof Config, undefined | string> = {
   DISCORD_LINK: undefined,
   CORS_PROXY_URL: import.meta.env.VITE_CORS_PROXY_URL,
   NORMAL_ROUTER: import.meta.env.VITE_NORMAL_ROUTER,
+  DISALLOWED_IDS: import.meta.env.VITE_DISALLOWED_IDS,
 };
 
 // loads from different locations, in order: environment (VITE_{KEY}), window (public/config.js)
@@ -61,5 +64,8 @@ export function conf(): RuntimeConfig {
       .split(",")
       .map((v) => v.trim()),
     NORMAL_ROUTER: getKey("NORMAL_ROUTER", "false") === "true",
+    DISALLOWED_IDS: getKey("DISALLOWED_IDS", "")
+      .split(",")
+      .map((v) => v.trim()), // Should be comma-seperated and contain the media type and ID, formatted like so: movie-753342,movie-753342,movie-753342
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/views/media/MediaView.tsx b/src/views/media/MediaView.tsx
index 6e1659a6..1575ee73 100644
--- a/src/views/media/MediaView.tsx
+++ b/src/views/media/MediaView.tsx
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ import {
 } from "@/backend/metadata/types/mw";
 import { IconPatch } from "@/components/buttons/IconPatch";
 import { Icons } from "@/components/Icon";
+import { ErrorMessage } from "@/components/layout/ErrorBoundary";
 import { Loading } from "@/components/layout/Loading";
 import { useGoBack } from "@/hooks/useGoBack";
 import { useLoading } from "@/hooks/useLoading";
 import { SelectedMediaData, useScrape } from "@/hooks/useScrape";
+import { conf } from "@/setup/config";
 import { useWatchedItem } from "@/state/watched";
 import { MetaController } from "@/video/components/controllers/MetaController";
 import { ProgressListenerController } from "@/video/components/controllers/ProgressListenerController";
@@ -53,6 +55,31 @@ function MediaViewLoading(props: { onGoBack(): void }) {
   );
 }
 
+function MediaVIewNotAllowed(props: { onGoBack(): void }) {
+  const { t } = useTranslation();
+
+  return (
+    <div className="relative flex flex-1 items-center justify-center">
+      <Helmet>
+        <title>{t("videoPlayer.got")}</title>
+      </Helmet>
+      <div className="absolute inset-x-0 top-0 px-8 py-6">
+        <VideoPlayerHeader onClick={props.onGoBack} />
+      </div>
+      <div className="flex flex-col items-center">
+        <ErrorMessage
+          error={{
+            name: "Media not allowed",
+            description:
+              "this media is no longer available due to a takedown notice or copyright claim",
+            path: "",
+          }}
+        />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 interface MediaViewScrapingProps {
   onStream(stream: MWStream): void;
   onGoBack(): void;
@@ -240,6 +267,14 @@ export function MediaView() {
     });
   }, [exec, history, params]);
 
+  const disallowedEntries = conf().DISALLOWED_IDS.map((id) => id.split("-"));
+  if (
+    disallowedEntries.find(
+      (entry) => meta?.tmdbId === entry[1] && meta?.meta?.type === entry[0]
+    )
+  )
+    return <MediaVIewNotAllowed onGoBack={goBack} />;
+
   if (loading) return <MediaViewLoading onGoBack={goBack} />;
   if (error) return <MediaFetchErrorView />;
   if (!meta || !selected)