Four Year Sentence For Running Piracy Streaming Site

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday September 8, 2015 @12:19PM from the lesson-learned,-don't-run-it-from-your-bedroom dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A 29-year-old man from Northern Ireland has been sentenced to two years in jail and another two "on license" for running a website from his bedroom that streamed pirated content. (Being on license is similar to a strict parole in the U.S.) Police say the man made over £280,000 from ads on the site . Law enforcement was put on the case by an anti-piracy group in the UK. Between 2008 and 2013, users of the site streamed approximately 12 million movies, which prosecutors say caused £12 million in damages. The judge in the case said time in jail was necessary "to show that behavior of this nature does not go unpunished."

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Re:Pretty reasonable by fustakrakich · 2015-09-08 12:42 · Score: 5, Insightful

Prison is never 'reasonable' for petty shit like this.

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Re:Pretty reasonable by fustakrakich · 2015-09-08 13:12 · Score: 5, Insightful

I never defend piracy. And if a person isn't dangerous, you don't lock him up!

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