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TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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

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

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TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Five men were convicted for their part in operating Jetflicks, one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S., officials said.
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    “substantial harm to television program copyright owners,”

    Give me a fucking break

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      Won’t somebody think of the television program copyright owners??

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        I think of them when I dream about them facing a firing squad.

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          But then who would finance the production of television programs?

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            I dream of a world where we are free to create art without having dance for Capital

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              There will always be tasks that people don’t want to do, and they will require compensation for motivation.

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                The level of compensation determines your level of society.

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                  It already does

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                    Yup and the bare minimum is lower than poverty standards so maybe we could aspire to paying our gardeners in gold

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      Those poor, poor, TV execs… They all had to settle for gold plating in their heated in-door pools and Rolls Royces instead of platinum. 😔

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