• ILikeBoobies
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    5 months ago

    Not only does it say that in the first paragraph, it says it here

    Five men were convicted for their part in operating Jetflicks, one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S., officials said.

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        5 months ago

        There are resellers in the US who will set you up with the infrastructure to do it yourself. You don’t need much and it’s less expensive than you’d think, almost turnkey.

        Demand is more than high enough in poor areas too, they probably made a really good return before it shut down.

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          they probably made a really good return before it shut down.

          Part of the sentence was to forfeit $1million in profits, I’d say they did pretty well for themselves.

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          I’m pretty sure the similar exists in other places too. You could host it in AWS in China or Bahrain and save yourself a bunch of risk.