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Illegal streaming: police take action against providers from Germany (www.heise.de)
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[–] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Yeah, I don't care if you're seeding the entirety of film history for free. If you're also helping distribute child pornography, you deserve to rot.

I do wonder if this is a usenet case though. I know that's a concern for a lot of people.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Since usenet and direct download are a lot more popular than torrent in germany - it might possibly be one of those.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It could be a case of intentional word play but the wording of the article makes it seem like it's more than just usenet. Specifically the line: "inciting serious sexual abuse of children via a messenger service and producing child pornography content"

    It doesn't read as though it's simply CSAM traffic through his network and if that were the case, I'd imagine the other 2 would be looking at similar charges, but news media notoriously bad a properly representing tech so that's what gives me caution.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Heise is a German specifically tech news outlet, so they are generally quite good with facts about tech.

    These arrests are targeted at an illegal IPTV provider which restreams channels from licensed TV providers (Sky, DAZN, RTL+). These illegal IPTV services usually also provide on-demand content like Netflix shows, movies etc.

    The CSAM incident is definitely an additional charge for a single individual and not part of the prior investigation about an illegal IPTV service which provides customers with otherwise legal TV.

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