5 Men Sentenced in America’s Largest Internet Piracy Case: DOJ

A site managed by the pirates offered more television episodes than Netflix and Amazon Prime, the DOJ said.
5 Men Sentenced in America’s Largest Internet Piracy Case: DOJ
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Final judgments for five men accused of operating “one of the largest illegal television streaming services” in the United States were issued on Monday, with the individuals having already been sentenced to probation and prison terms of up to 84 months, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a July 22 statement.

Defendants in the case operated Jetflicks, a subscription-based site that allowed users to stream or, at times, download copyrighted content, with the service never having secured permission from the copyright holders, according to the DOJ.