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168 months is 14 years. 14 years for pirating a stream? I get putting away those guilty of violent crime, but for what amounts to a crime with no real victims
by _fat_santa 4y ago
168 months is 14 years. 14 years for pirating a stream?
I get putting away those guilty of violent crime, but for what amounts to a crime with no real victims (yes there are technically victims, but not victims like there are in a rape/murder case). I wonder if he will have the case heard by a higher court and have the sentence reduced, because 7-14 years is bananas.
- danw1979 4y agoIt’s crazy. You can kill children using your car in this country and get out of prison in less time. Cry me a river, Sky Sports, but the harm caused by these men is barely a blip on your bottom line.
- JohnHaugeland 4y ago> 14 years for pirating a stream? Nope. But that is what you might believe if you try to turn to Kim Dot Com of a warezing empire to understand this. As if the thieves make reliable news, y'know?
- jorams 4y ago> 14 years for pirating a stream? I think the sentence is way too extreme, but we're talking about a bit more than "pirating a stream". They ran a for-profit piracy operation for over 10 years, selling subscriptions to "more than 1,000 pubs, clubs and homes throughout England and Wales".
- hennell 4y agoIt's not 14 years for pirating a stream is it though. It's for pirating a stream, replicating it, selling access to it as a business for 10 years and making millions in the process. It's the difference between someone copying some photo you took and posting it on twitter as 'theirs' vs setting up a business selling t-shirts, notebooks and iPhone cases with your picture on. 14 years might still be bananas, but let's not imply he just pirated some steam for a little illegal personal watching.