UK Court Sentences ‘Pirate’ Fire Stick Seller to Two Years in Prison

York Crown Court has sentenced a man from Halifax to two years in prison for selling ‘pirate’ IPTV subscriptions loaded on Fire Sticks. Rightsholders and authorities hope that the criminal prosecution of the 41-year-old (re)seller, who served a few hundred customers, will send a deterrent message. However, the big fish in this hugely profitable industry remain unscathed.

Offering pirate streaming services is a serious offense in the UK, where several people have received multi-year prison sentences. Last Friday, another seller was added to this growing list. At York Crown Court, 41-year-old Sunny Kanda from Wheatley, Halifax, was sentenced to two years in prison for selling modified Fire Sticks that provided access to pirate IPTV streams. The sentencing doesn’t come as a surprise, as Kanda pleaded guilty to three charges; violating the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and Fraud Act 2006. The rest of this article can be read on TorrentFreak.com Source link