Judges Acquit a Total of 23 Pirate IPTV Subscribers: Personal Use is Not a Crime
Judges Acquit a Total of 23 Pirate IPTV Subscribers: Personal Use is Not a Crime
In two separate proceedings, Italian judges have acquitted 23 people who were prosecuted for purchasing a pirate IPTV subscription.
Italians who simply view pirate IPTV via illicit subscriptions have been warned for months that their activities could be reported to the judicial authorities for potential prosecution. As part of an investigation into a pirate IPTV subscription seller, a total of 23 people have appeared in court in recent months for simply buying a pirate package. Judges in two separate proceedings have now acquitted all 23 after concluding that this type of piracy isn't actually a crime.
They used their personal prepaid card (one registered to their own name and issued by the public postal service) to pay for the iptv sub.
Happy as I am because this shows that there is no crime in watching those streams, I can't but stand in awe at the sheer stupidity of these guys.
Monero
Tell them to take Monero or fuck the hell off. They're exactly thus same kind of fucking fuck you stupid.
Because nobody will read the full report, they were all fined with 150 euros, which is the legal minimum. They were acquitted of criminal charges and related civil liability.
They were all paying a reseller, too, not just streaming or downloading freely available content.
Depending how long they had used the service they probably saved more than €150 just by not paying subscriptions to all the services they would need for the same content. Cost of doing business?
Only soccer is around 60€ a month (more if you want to watch all the games and not just a selection), so do the math
For them? Sure, maybe, although the top end of the fine bracket, as per the article, is 5000 eddies, so... probably won't stay cost-effective long.
But the point is the headline suggests personal use of paid pirated media is legally supported in Italy, which it's... not.
I still think the current system needs fundamental reform and while this whole ordeal doesn't say much about what is and isn't allowed in the current system, it does show what a clusterfuck of enforcement and regulation this is at the moment.
Justice prevails!