Digital theft has been around since the beginning of the internet. There is a group of people who believe that culture, information, and knowledge should all be free. While we can argue about whether those points of view are true, we can all agree that hacking is wrong because it is theft. At this time, a federal jury has found five men guilty of running an illegal streaming service called Jetflicks.
Kirsten Dallmann, Douglas Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Jaurequi, and Peter Huber, who ran Jetflicks, were just found guilty of theft by the Department of Justice.
The vast amount of material on Jetflicks makes it one of the biggest illegal streaming services in the US, bringing in millions of dollars in illegal purchases. Thousands of paid users got the stolen material.
Computer scripts and software were used to search pirate websites for copies of hundreds of thousands of TV shows. These episodes were then copied and stored on Jetflicks' servers. That group of people made millions of dollars by taking material from other digital pirates (who usually share it for free) and releasing it on their own platform to make money. That is the magic part of the whole thing.
The group of "crimepreneurs" we talked about earlier was found guilty by a jury of planning to break copyright laws. Also, Kristopher Dallmann was found guilty of two counts of hiding money laundering and three counts of felony and criminal property theft.
His other co-conspirators could get up to five years in prison for their part in the Jetflicks scandal, but Kristopher Dallmann could get up to 48 years. The punishment date has not been set yet, so this story is still evolving.
Jetflicks's convictions by a federal jury show that the Criminal Division is serious about protecting the intellectual property rights of creators, artists, studios, and other IP rights holders by going after digital pirate schemes and catching those responsible.
Digital theft is a big problem because it costs content makers, companies, and whole industries a lot of money. It also hurts the economy by taking away jobs and tax money and stopping people from being creative and coming up with new ideas.
Movies and TV shows are not the only things that pirated online; it is all content, even music and video game content. Plus, this kind of material often comes with the risk of malware, bugs, and copies that are not very good. On the other hand, there is another viewpoint.
Kirsten Dallmann, Douglas Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Jaurequi, and Peter Huber, who ran Jetflicks, were just found guilty of theft by the Department of Justice.
The vast amount of material on Jetflicks makes it one of the biggest illegal streaming services in the US, bringing in millions of dollars in illegal purchases. Thousands of paid users got the stolen material.
Computer scripts and software were used to search pirate websites for copies of hundreds of thousands of TV shows. These episodes were then copied and stored on Jetflicks' servers. That group of people made millions of dollars by taking material from other digital pirates (who usually share it for free) and releasing it on their own platform to make money. That is the magic part of the whole thing.
The group of "crimepreneurs" we talked about earlier was found guilty by a jury of planning to break copyright laws. Also, Kristopher Dallmann was found guilty of two counts of hiding money laundering and three counts of felony and criminal property theft.
His other co-conspirators could get up to five years in prison for their part in the Jetflicks scandal, but Kristopher Dallmann could get up to 48 years. The punishment date has not been set yet, so this story is still evolving.
Jetflicks's convictions by a federal jury show that the Criminal Division is serious about protecting the intellectual property rights of creators, artists, studios, and other IP rights holders by going after digital pirate schemes and catching those responsible.
Digital theft is a big problem because it costs content makers, companies, and whole industries a lot of money. It also hurts the economy by taking away jobs and tax money and stopping people from being creative and coming up with new ideas.
Movies and TV shows are not the only things that pirated online; it is all content, even music and video game content. Plus, this kind of material often comes with the risk of malware, bugs, and copies that are not very good. On the other hand, there is another viewpoint.
