Five men were convicted for their part in operating Jetflicks, one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S., officials said.
  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    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"

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      piracy run by a couple random schmucks has an infinitely better service AND content selection than the top 4 corporate streaming services combined"

      FTFY 😁

  • CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    The group used “sophisticated computer scripts” and software to scour piracy services

    that's way too fancy talk for these programs LOL

  • aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 months ago

    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.

  • Packet [none/use name]
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    3 months ago

    Five Guys have better service that is free than largest paid service providers shrug-outta-hecks

    • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 months ago

      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)...

  • tias@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 months ago

    I misread the title as "Fire men convicted of massive, illegal streaming service" and was wondering if they were broadcasting fires

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    My takeaway: jetflix developed a model that worked. Just need to replicate that many times.

    Would probably work well for sharing with family /friends.

  • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    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.