Some people have criticized aXXo for only releasing 7-900MB rips, claiming that the quality is inferior to 1.4GB rips. It has also been claimed that aXXo does not actually obtain the DVDs s/he rips, but simply re-encodes releases from other such as DiAMOND. Near the end of December 2006, aXXo temporarily stopped releasing due to a dispute with a site that was using name without permission, possibly gaining money from advertising. AXXo returned a month later however, following a backlash against the site in question which subsequently agreed to change it's name.
There are frequently attempts to imitate aXXo's work from groups releasing their own movies using aXXo's name. Such attempts are usually identifiable by between of the suspect files and aXXo's consistent release style. AXXo him/herself is somewhat enigmatic, revealing nothing about themselves and rarely replying to questions or compliments in forums. AXXo is a moderator in the darksideRG forum, where s/he has their own forum dedicated to their releases. Axxo is a term that means a media file has the best quality. Usually seen associated with ripped videos on torrent sites.