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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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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

So like the content on old Netflix?

[–] worldwidewave 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Piracy is a service issue. Tale as old as digital media.

Also, copyright law is simply intentionally terrible and so is the TV industry. Just do royalties based on watch time, not stupid exclusivity...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Was there ever going to be any other outcome?

[–] Mango 1 points 3 months ago

But I like people like that.

[–] Reddfugee42 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pirate Bay and torrents?! This writer really knows what they're talking about

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Torrentz is a site

[–] Reddfugee42 1 points 3 months ago

I thought perhaps they meant that but why give these two examples as though it were somehow limited to them. Weird either way.