US men convicted over ‘Jetflicks’ illegal streaming service
Jetflicks claimed to host more than 183,200 TV episodes — larger than the combined catalogues of Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video.
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I’m Five men in Las Vegas have been convicted for their part in operating ‘Jetflicks’ one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S.
Jetflicks, which charged $9.99 per month as an illegal streaming service, generated millions of dollars in subscription revenue and caused “substantial harm to television program copyright owners,” a US federal jury Justice Department said Thursday.
At one point, Jetflicks claimed to host more than 183,200 TV episodes — larger than the combined catalogues of Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video, according to prosecutors.
Kristopher Dallmann, Douglas Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Jaurequi and Peter Huber — operated the Jetflicks streaming service using “sophisticated computer scripts” and software to scour piracy services (including the Pirate Bay and Torrentz) for illegal copies of TV episodes.
Dallmann faces a maximum penalty of 48 years in prison, while the other 4 each face a maximum of five years in prison.
A sentencing date has not yet been set.
Source: Variety
3 Responses
They will never stop it…
Sounds odd that people would pay to access such a platform if the content it hosted originally came from ‘free’ sources such as torrenting websites?
Tv industry has convinced people that’s it’s dangerous and illegal to access torrent sites and has managed to get them blocked unless you bypass their restrictions. Average consumer barely knows how to turn on a computer never mind access blocked websites