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28 August 2019CopyrightSaman Javed

DoJ charges eight over illegal sites bigger than Netflix, Hulu

Eight individuals have been charged with conspiring to violate criminal copyright law by running two of the largest illegal streaming services in the US, the country’s Department of Justice ( DoJ) has said.

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