Hacker News with Generative AI: IPTV

Bogus Pirate IPTV Portals Run by Law Enforcement "Entrap Hundreds" (torrentfreak.com)
According to a phrase popularized by Carl Sagan, extraordinary claims should be supported by extraordinary evidence. A new piracy scare story published on Sunday takes a different approach. The extraordinary claim is that fake IPTV portals run by law enforcement are entrapping "ordinary users" to obtain evidence of their crimes. Supported by exactly zero evidence, the report claims that hundreds of internet users have already been identified.
IPTV, Piracy, Law Enforcement, Crime
15 points by gslin 22 days ago | 0 comments
UK Police and Fact Continue IPTV Piracy Whack-a-Mole (torrentfreak.com)
A 42-year-old man was arrested in a recent UK crackdown on illegal IPTV suppliers, with a special mention for 'illicit Firesticks'. Local police, in collaboration with anti-piracy group FACT, also sent cease and desist letters to thirty other suspects. While FACT warns that pirate operators risk criminal penalties, there appears to be no end in sight for the streaming piracy whack-a-mole.
IPTV, Piracy, Law Enforcement, Technology, Digital Rights
9 points by hn_acker 45 days ago | 0 comments
Pirate IPTV Subscribers Warned They Face "Automated Fines" (torrentfreak.com)
The head of telecoms regulator AGCOM confirmed this week that a memorandum of understanding between the Prosecutor's Office, Guardia di Finanza, and AGCOM, heralds a new stage in Italy's fight against IPTV piracy.
IPTV, Piracy, Italy, Law Enforcement, Telecom
12 points by austinallegro 95 days ago | 2 comments
Open-TV: Ultra-fast, simple and powerful cross-platform IPTV app (github.com/Fredolx)
Completely rewritten to accommodate new features and to be even speedier, Open TV has been carefully crafted to deliver the best IPTV experience.
Software, IPTV, Cross-Platform, Open Source
155 points by thunderbong 100 days ago | 34 comments
Court orders Google to uninstall pirate IPTV app sideloaded on Android devices (torrentfreak.com)
Recent developments in the ongoing battle against pirate IPTV service MagisTV reveal an unprecedented move by an Argentine court. In addition to blocking 69 domains associated with the service, the court has ordered Google to "immediately uninstall" Magis TV apps from Android devices. This measure targets apps that users have sideloaded, as MagisTV is not available on the official Google Play store.
Legal Issues, Piracy, Android, Google, IPTV
72 points by miki123211 117 days ago | 43 comments
Utah City Council Unwittingly Approves Pirate IPTV Scheme (torrentfreak.com)
IPTV, Piracy, Utah, Law, Government
6 points by popcalc 164 days ago | 3 comments
Collection of publicly available IPTV channels (iptv-org.github.io)
IPTV, Streaming, Technology
99 points by keepamovin 264 days ago | 25 comments