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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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[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wait, is that actually Twitch's history - Justin.tv?

[–] neclimdul@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It is. Until recently it actually still used the domain to serve assets.

[–] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 months ago

Wild. What an obscure piece of internet history to have missed out on as an old Justin.tv user.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Was Justin.tv doing copyright infringing things? I seem to remember it was just a guy streaming his everyday life. He would literally wear a hat with a camera on it and record everything he did all day. It makes sense that it became twitch because they solved a technical problem around mass streaming that empowers twitch today.