Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined
Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined
Five men were convicted for their part in operating Jetflicks, one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S., officials said.
So like the content on old Netflix?
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.
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...
Was there ever going to be any other outcome?
But I like people like that.
Pirate Bay and torrents?! This writer really knows what they're talking about
Torrentz is a site
I thought perhaps they meant that but why give these two examples as though it were somehow limited to them. Weird either way.