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‘RIP Streameast’: Largest Illicit Sports Streamer Is Shut Down (sports.yahoo.com)

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A coalition of media companies and Egyptian authorities announced Wednesday that they’d taken down live sports-focused piracy network Streameast, which they said had hosted 1.6 billion visits across 80 associated domains over the past year.

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[-] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago

Remember though just because the organization doesnt think it hits their bottom line it doesn't mean their legal department will treat it as such.

[-] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

Those corporate lawyers need to prove to themselves that they aren't just a bullshit job

[-] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

By punishing innocent people and ruining nice things! Fuck yeah! Which by graeber's taxonomy is not a bullshit job tbf.

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