The US Department of Justice has announced that a federal jury in Las Vegas convicted five men recently for their roles in operating an illegal streaming service in the US that was said to have more content than Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, and Vudu combined.
The service, Jetflicks, generated millions in subscription revenue, the DOJ said, and caused “substantial harm” to the owners of the programming.
Starting as early as 2007, Kristopher Dallmann, Douglas Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Jaurequi, and Peter Huber ran Jetflicks, the DOJ said, noting that the website used “sophisticated computer scripts and software” to find illegal copies of TV shows that were downloaded and hosted on Jetflicks servers. The DOJ said the men “reproduced hundreds of thousands of copyrighted television episodes without authorization,” noting that Jetflicks had “tens of thousands” of paying members.
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