Following a complaint filed two years ago by a national pay-TV broadcaster, police in Germany say they now have three main suspects in custody following a huge law enforcement operation. Over 150 officers carried out searches against 18 suspects in 17 locations, with the aim of shutting down an as-yet unnamed illegal streaming operation with an estimated 30,000 subscribers. The three men, aged between 36 and 59, face charges including suspected commercial computer fraud, which carries a potential sentence of 10 years imprisonment.

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[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

~~I’m all for piracy but the moment you start charging for the content you’re part of the problem and colossally stupid.~~

Edit: reading it again and it’s actually unclear how exactly the “service” works. I don’t know why I initially thought it definitely involved payment

[–] osu@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"subscribers" definitely sounds like payment... My guess is it was an Iptv operator

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah that’s probably why