After a two-week trial, a federal jury in Las Vegas yesterday convicted a Cuban citizen and U.S. permanent resident for helping operate an illegal streaming service with one of the largest quantities of infringing works. The defendant, who was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, is the eighth and final defendant to be convicted in the

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Yoany Vaillant, 43, worked as a computer programmer for Jetflicks, an online, subscription-based service headquartered in Las Vegas that permitted users to stream and, at times, download copyrighted television episodes without the permission of relevant copyright owners. At one point, Jetflicks claimed to have 183,285 different television episodes, far more than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, or any other licensed streaming service. At Jetflicks, Vaillant worked directly with Kristopher Dallmann and Jared Jaurequi, who were convicted of criminal copyright offenses by a different jury earlier this year.

  • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
    3523·
    1 month ago

    Yeah, making money from piracy is not ok. If you’re not paying the copyright holders, it’s unfair to make people pay you.

        • Iapar@feddit.orgEnglish
          183·
          1 month ago

          Those people already got payed before being layed off.

          At that point all the people getting money are the people who bullied their way to holding the rights for the IP.