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A man who sold streaming devices that broke copyright laws has been jailed
Posted 06 January 2025 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Media, Communications and Entertainment|Yorkshire and the Humber
UPDATES: A major investigation into the sale of illegally modified Fire TV sticks has ended with a prison sentence, highlighting the scale of copyright crime and the collaborative work behind a successful prosecution.
An investigation by the National Trading Standards (NTS) eCrime Team has resulted in a two-year jail sentence for a man who sold modified TV Fire sticks that infringed copyright laws.
Sunny Kumar Kanda (40) of Creek View, Halifax, sold the media streaming devices in the knowledge that they enabled unauthorised access to premium subscriber content from providers such as Sky, BT Sport, Disn...
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