Matrix Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 The City of London Magistrates’ Court has convicted a local retailer for selling streaming boxes that provided access to pirated content, including controversial BeoutQ broadcasts. The Premier League prosecuted the man, who was sentenced to 300 hours of unpaid community service for a combination of copyright and fraud offenses. Pirate streaming boxes remain widely appealing to a broad audience. At a fraction of the normal costs, they open the door to all sorts of broadcasts, including football matches. On the sports side, BeoutQ has shown to be is a thorn in the side of many rightsholders. It launched in 2017 and ever since various parties have tried to stop it’s infringing activity. While BeoutQ remains widely available today, the Premier League can chalk up a new victory with the conviction of a London seller of streaming boxes. The devices in question offered access to BeoutQ as well as several other illegal channels, such as unauthorized rebroadcast of Sky. The conviction, handed down by the City of London Magistrates’ Court this week, follows a joint investigation from the Premier League and FACT. The Premier League subsequently prosecuted the 39-year-old seller, Ammar Al-Silawi, with success. Following a trial earlier this month, Mr. Al-Silawi received a sentence of 300 hours of unpaid community service. In addition, the vendor is required to pay the Premier League’s legal costs. The sentencing is unique, according to the Premier League. In the UK, it’s the first time that selling pirate set-top boxes was deemed to be an act of communicating infringing copies of copyright works to the public. This is in line with the Filmspeler judgment from the European Court of Justice. “The law is very clear that the sale of ISDs is illegal and it is an issue taken very seriously by both the police and the courts,” says Kevin Plumb, Premier League Director of Legal Services. “We will continue to investigate and pursue all suppliers of illegal streaming services, regardless of the size or scale of their operation, to protect the intellectual property that enables the Premier League to be so competitive and compelling.” FACT is equally pleased with the outcome and Chief Executive Kieron Sharp notes that it serves as a stark warning to other vendors. “The message is now unequivocal; if you sell a device that provides access to content that is not licensed or owned by you, you will face a criminal conviction. Illicit retailers should be aware of the Court’s view that ignoring a cease and desist notice was a clear aggravating factor in this case,” Sharp says. While the rightsholders certainly have something to be pleased about, the community order sentence pales in comparison with earlier pirate streaming vendor convictions, which resulted in multi-year prison sentences. VIEW: Original Article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The City of London Magistrates’ Court has convicted a local retailer for selling streaming boxes that provided access to pirated content, including controversial BeoutQ broadcasts. The Premier League prosecuted the man, who was sentenced to 300 hours of unpaid community service for a combination of copyright and fraud offenses. Pirate streaming boxes remain widely appealing to a broad audience. At a fraction of the normal costs, they open the door to all sorts of broadcasts, including football matches. On the sports side, BeoutQ has shown to be is a thorn in the side of many rightsholders. It launched in 2017 and ever since various parties have tried to stop it’s infringing activity. While BeoutQ remains widely available today, the Premier League can chalk up a new victory with the conviction of a London seller of streaming boxes. The devices in question offered access to BeoutQ as well as several other illegal channels, such as unauthorized rebroadcast of Sky. The conviction, handed down by the City of London Magistrates’ Court this week, follows a joint investigation from the Premier League and FACT. The Premier League subsequently prosecuted the 39-year-old seller, Ammar Al-Silawi, with success. Following a trial earlier this month, Mr. Al-Silawi received a sentence of 300 hours of unpaid community service. In addition, the vendor is required to pay the Premier League’s legal costs. The sentencing is unique, according to the Premier League. In the UK, it’s the first time that selling pirate set-top boxes was deemed to be an act of communicating infringing copies of copyright works to the public. This is in line with the Filmspeler judgment from the European Court of Justice. “The law is very clear that the sale of ISDs is illegal and it is an issue taken very seriously by both the police and the courts,” says Kevin Plumb, Premier League Director of Legal Services. “We will continue to investigate and pursue all suppliers of illegal streaming services, regardless of the size or scale of their operation, to protect the intellectual property that enables the Premier League to be so competitive and compelling.” FACT is equally pleased with the outcome and Chief Executive Kieron Sharp notes that it serves as a stark warning to other vendors. “The message is now unequivocal; if you sell a device that provides access to content that is not licensed or owned by you, you will face a criminal conviction. Illicit retailers should be aware of the Court’s view that ignoring a cease and desist notice was a clear aggravating factor in this case,” Sharp says. While the rightsholders certainly have something to be pleased about, the community order sentence pales in comparison with earlier pirate streaming vendor convictions, which resulted in multi-year prison sentences. VIEW: Original Article.
dhjohns Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Pirate Streaming boxes will continue to exist for as long as Rights Holders make it profitable for them to exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 18 minutes ago, dhjohns said: Pirate Streaming boxes will continue to exist for as long as Rights Holders make it profitable for them to exist. Anything can be used as a pirate streaming box Windows , Linux ,Mac OS PC , Samsung Smartphone with DEX , Stock Android or Apple TV boxes only noobs buy them already loaded. BeoutQ is The Saudi State-Supported Piracy of World Sport and Entertainment , Its state sponsored Piracy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanderthunder Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 23 hours ago, steven36 said: Anything can be used as a pirate streaming box Windows , Linux ,Mac OS PC , Samsung Smartphone with DEX , Stock Android or Apple TV boxes only noobs buy them already loaded. BeoutQ is The Saudi State-Supported Piracy of World Sport and Entertainment , Its state sponsored Piracy . Not enough with that, even legal streaming boxes can be loaded with pirated IPTV streaming apps or Kodi add-ons as well. Plus, if these sites associated with illegal streaming are blocked by ISP's via government order, they can bypass it easily with VPN or DNS method (because for sure, their block is ineffective.). And even legal streaming boxes provided by ISP can be jailbreaked as well to allow custom app installation. One simple example is a streaming box provided by a major ISP in Malaysia, can be jailbreaked to install other IPTV service. Plus, government's definition of "streaming boxes" is totally unclear as even an Android TV/Smart TV can be a streaming box. So if they ban streaming boxes, then Android TV/Smart TV should be banned too as they are considered as streaming boxes. Looks stupid, right? Like an Hydra henchmen said, "If they cut off one head, two more shall take it's place." Because honestly speaking though, government is so powerless on curbing of streaming boxes and pirated apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halvgris Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 i agree with all the posters above. some of you might have seen my previous posts. account sharing is also growing, wich netflix and others could avoid in a simple press release. making it as sheap for 1 user as a family (usually 4 but can be less). reminder amazon prime is geoblocked maybe more services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanderthunder Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 5 hours ago, halvgris said: i agree with all the posters above. some of you might have seen my previous posts. account sharing is also growing, wich netflix and others could avoid in a simple press release. making it as sheap for 1 user as a family (usually 4 but can be less). reminder amazon prime is geoblocked maybe more services. Even the geoblock can be easily bypassed with VPN of course. In a case of account sharing, so far Spotify has a policy that requires primary account holder who subscribe to Premium Family must ensure that the subsidiary account holders using same address, and Spotify will cross-check it by requiring user in a family account to verify their location from time to time using Google Maps (which of course raises concerns and a user can simply circumvent this requirement by using fake location app) to ensure no one abuse the Premium Family program. https://www.cnet.com/news/spotify-wants-to-know-where-you-live-and-will-be-checking-in/ Spoiler 2. Eligibility and Verification A. In order to be eligible for the Premium Family Subscription, the primary account holder and the subsidiary account holders must be family members residing at the same address. B. Upon activation of a subsidiary Premium Family account, you will be asked to verify your home address. C. We may from time to time ask for re-verification of your home address in order to confirm that you are still meeting the eligibility criteria. We use Google Maps address search to help you find and set your address. The address you enter upon activation or re-verification will be subject to the Google Maps Additional Terms of Service and Google Privacy Policy. Spotify reserves the right to terminate or suspend access to the Spotify Premium Family service and the Spotify Premium Family account(s) immediately and at any time if you fail to meet the eligibility criteria and as otherwise set out in the Spotify Terms and Conditions of Use. But it can be one day that other streaming services (Netflix, Iflix, Hulu, etc.) enforcing the same way that Spotify does for Premium Family account. So far, I don't think they can do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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