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Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined

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Five men were convicted for their part in operating Jetflicks, one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S., officials said.
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    Netflix service started as hosting only.

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      Yeah, imo it was also a bit more difficult then. But yeah as others said, the licensing was hard too

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      correction… Netflix started by mailing DVDs, even before Redbox was a thing

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        Ah. Analogue hosting. But they definitely didn’t start producing content.

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