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- anarcho_hackers@lemmy.ml
- brainworms@lemm.ee
The headline they want you to read: "zomg these master criminals were causing billions in damages!!!!1!1"
The headline everyone else reads: "lmao piracy run by a couple random schmucks has an infinitely better service AND content selection than any corporate streaming service"
Alternative headline: "study finds that people don't like subscriptions that tell them to eat shit"
piracy run by a couple random schmucks has an infinitely better service AND content selection than the top 4 corporate streaming services combined"
FTFY 😁
The group used “sophisticated computer scripts” and software to scour piracy services
that's way too fancy talk for these programs LOL
Sophisticated computer scripts
if (request) { Connection.Stream(video); }
Mentally translating this as: Competition from the free market unfairly prosecuted by a tyrannical state that enforces the monopoly of “intellectual property” of corporations
This is insane. This does not warrant a 48 year sentence; some actual rapists and murderers get off for less time. The “justice” system is a joke and doesn’t prosecute criminals. It prosecutes those that threaten the system.
Five Guys have better service that is free than largest paid service providers
Lol I think most self hosted media centres over a year old have more content that all those services combined
IDK, I've been at it for a month and have accumulated around 3.6tb, I'm pretty sure Netflix alone has way more than 43.2tb in their entire library (>17000 titles globally)...
At one point, Jetflicks claimed to host more than 183,200 TV episodes.
Look what they took from you!
Indeed. The federal agents have stepped way out of line with this one
I misread the title as "Fire men convicted of massive, illegal streaming service" and was wondering if they were broadcasting fires
My takeaway: jetflix developed a model that worked. Just need to replicate that many times.
Would probably work well for sharing with family /friends.
Free my boys they did nothing wrong. Also, I thought the US doesn't go after you with copyright unless you profit from it.
Edit: my bad, they were charging for this. Yeah..
Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month for the streaming service, generated millions of dollars in subscription revenue and caused “substantial harm to television program copyright owners,” the Justice Department said Thursday.
Lmao must of us here do the same thing. It's not hard. I don't think I've written a script for this but it can't be too difficult.
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.
The average human considers the Pythagorean theorem "sophistication". Let's not take our education for granted.