Following a complaint filed two years ago by a national pay-TV broadcaster, police in Germany say they now have three main suspects in custody following a huge law enforcement operation. Over 150 officers carried out searches against 18 suspects in 17 locations, with the aim of shutting down an as-yet unnamed illegal streaming operation with an estimated 30,000 subscribers. The three men, aged between 36 and 59, face charges including suspected commercial computer fraud, which carries a potential sentence of 10 years imprisonment.
Salute to the public servants.
my heart goes out to them
I love how they always assume pirates would be buying this shitty content at $3/episode in the absence of piracy. They’d be playing videogames or listening to music or podcasts if this crap wasn’t free.
Yeah, I wouldn’t pay for the shit I download.
Is it x.com? I heard they were illegally streaming a ton of Disney things.
Probably one of those AI companies who don’t give a fuck about copyrights
Oh wait…
I’m all for piracy but the moment you start charging for the content you’re part of the problem and colossally stupid.Edit: reading it again and it’s actually unclear how exactly the “service” works. I don’t know why I initially thought it definitely involved payment
“subscribers” definitely sounds like payment… My guess is it was an Iptv operator
Yeah that’s probably why
