Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined (variety.com)

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[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

The group used “sophisticated computer scripts” and software to scour piracy services (including the Pirate Bay and Torrentz) for illegal copies of TV episodes, which they then downloaded and hosted on Jetflicks’ servers, according to federal prosecutors.

Let us do the piracy for you! Brilliant business model until it wasn’t.

this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2024

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