Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined (variety.com)

submitted 3 months ago by MHSJenkins@infosec.pub to c/anarcho_hackers@lemmy.ml

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This is the energy we need going forward into the second half of the year.

" Five men were convicted by a federal jury in Las Vegas this week for their part in operating Jetflicks, which officials say was one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S.

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."

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[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 months ago

Bold of them to run it out of the US and to charge money for it when other reliable streaming sites exist that are free and have access to almost everything.

[-] MHSJenkins@infosec.pub 6 points 3 months ago

And hypothetically what would those streaming services be, that we might avoid accidentally involving ourselves with something beyond ToS or the commandments of the crown?

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago

I'm not sure I should share them in the thread, but I shout "Free media heck yeah!" every time I use them.

[-] theilleist@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

For something like 16 euros every 6 months, a real-debrid subscription, accessed through a build of your choice from The Crew on Kodi, provides all the streaming you could ever need.

[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

movies joy dot is is a good one. There's also yes movies dot ag and many more.

[-] some_guy 4 points 3 months ago

Surely they monetize traffic in some way that takes advantage of users similar to free VPNs, right?

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

I'd imagine there are ads or something, but I haven't seen them so I don't know

[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

legends

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