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€5.3m Pirate IPTV Network 'Dismantled' By Spanish Police is Still Streaming * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The press release describes an “international criminal organization” operating a pirate IPTV network using “the latest technology and the most advanced technical devices” to capture satellite signals from various countries.

“They subsequently amplified them and decrypted the multimedia content they transported, content that they then distributed publicly and illegally. In total, more than 130 international television channels and thousands of movies and series that they made available to citizens around the world,” the Ministry continues.

So, basically they restreamed paid content without a license? I mean, this is what happens when you use DRM and geo-blocking. People were willing to shell out 10-20€/month for the service, which means these stupid businesses could have those customers if they didn't DRM and geo-block. Instead they artificially create scarcity.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

That’s exactly what they did.