The men made millions of dollars streaming stolen copyrighted content to tens of thousands of paid subscribers, the Justice Department said.
Five men were convicted by a federal jury in Las Vegas this week for running a large illegal streaming service called Jetflicks, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Kristopher Dallmann, Douglas Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Jaurequi, and Peter Huber began operating the subscription service as early as 2007, the Justice Department said in a release Thursday. They would find illegal copies of content online that they then downloaded to Jetflicks servers, the release said.
The men made millions of dollars streaming this content to tens of thousands of paid subscribers, according to the Justice Department.
Less about right/wrong, more that there are no actual damages. If you aren’t making something available for pay for and someone pirates it, you’re making the exact same amount as you would if they hadn’t: nothing.
It’s people removed about hypothetical money.
Again, you’re assuming they had more content than multiple legit distributors and none of it was available elsewhere without proving it was the case.