[News] Dodgy Firestick Seller Jailed

[Lenny Rider]

MSN

Up against Huw Edwards non custodial sentence it does seem a tad harsh, but clearly they wanted to send out a message.

Asking for a friend...........

There are only three groups of people who can enter your property without permission, HMRC, The Coroner and The Gas Board, so whilst punishing some of the sources, as in this case, will they ever be able to ever prosecute anyone for having, and watching, such a said firestick?

How would they catch you without a warrant to come in your house, and Policing that would be a needle in a haystack job surely?

 

[Beach Hut]

Hand grenade thrown, now buggers off

 

[Springal]

No, they have no interest in consumers if the technology - just those supplying it

 

[Lenny Rider]

Hand grenade thrown, now buggers off

Just asking the question Grumpy

When you about for that coffee?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

The Gas Board?

The article mentions a closed FB page where undercover National Trading Standards did a test purchase. There's no mention of breaking and entering.

 

[happypig]

The Gas Board?

The article mentions a closed FB page where undercover National Trading Standards did a test purchase. There's no mention of breaking and entering.

Yes, gas companies can, if they suspect a gas leak, force entry without a warrant in order to make safe. The Fire Brigade have similar powers.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

How would they catch you without a warrant to come in your house, and Policing that would be a needle in a haystack job surely?

If you don’t use a VPN they could identify the use of one of these fire sticks via your ISP. Also through financial records if you’ve paid for it via PayPal or similar.

It’s highly unlikely they’ll be coming after the end user though. They want to stop the source so will be coming after those supplying the sticks, the software and hosting the streams etc.

 

[juliant]

By all means go after the sellers making money from them but leave us people using them just to watch the sport we love without being fleeced for it.

Im certainly not worried !

 

[knocky1]

Not difficult. They'll ask Alexa.

 

[dwayne]

Hope there's room in jail for over a million people

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Yes, gas companies can, if they suspect a gas leak, force entry without a warrant in order to make safe. The Fire Brigade have similar powers.

I know but the 'Gas Board' hasn't been called that since 1972. I know it's common usage but it ages the OP.

Incidentally, a colleague of mine spent his entire working day, sitting in courts waiting for warrants for meter men to go and disconnect supplies.

 

[The Fifth Column]

If you don’t use a VPN they could identify the use of one of these fire sticks via your ISP. Also through financial records if you’ve paid for it via PayPal or similar.

Sorry, but that's never happening ever! A dodgy firestick user would be nowhere near the threshold required for the police to apply for authority to do that, it may come as a surprise to some but the police can't just go digging around your ISP and Internet usage and financial records without first applying for authority via a dedicated process and I can say through experience that this is rigorously scrutinised and applied and often denied in even the most serious cases. Dodgy firestick users have absolutely nothing to worry about.

 

[Milano]

This is a classic - get from bloke in pub, pay in cash. If you leave any digital or financial trail then you're asking for trouble....

 

[BNthree]

A friend recently asked for my help setting up a dodgy firestick as they're not good with gadgets and the like. The thing is their partner is in the police and has been for at least 20 years. They didn't seem at all worried about it.

 

[studio150]

Would this just be like bootleg records, where its not illegal to buy, but it is illegal to sell.

 

[Comrade Sam]

I believe you can buy a legitimate fire stick and use common advise on the you tube to watch anything. So I've been told by my children.
Why involve a third party?

 

[Brian Munich]

Yes, gas companies can, if they suspect a gas leak, force entry without a warrant in order to make safe. The Fire Brigade have similar powers.

Sounds like a plot for a porno.

 

[schmunk]

Would this just be like bootleg records, where its not illegal to buy, but it is illegal to sell.

My understanding is that both purchasing/consuming 'dodgy' IPTV streams and bootleg records are potentially criminal acts, but in reality in neither case is there any significant likelihood of the police pursuing it or pressing charges.

The relevant laws for IPTV (selling and purchasing) are detailed here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a81ae8ced915d74e623394a/illicit-IPTV-streaming-devices-call-for-views.pdf

 

[portlock seagull]

3000+ ‘customers’ in his illegal Facebook group doesn’t sound too clever. Rightly jailed therefore IMO. If he’s made £50 on each say, and not paying taxes either, that’s a lot of loot. We’re not talking petty crime here.

 

[SkirlieWirlie]

Sorry, but that's never happening ever! A dodgy firestick user would be nowhere near the threshold required for the police to apply for authority to do that, it may come as a surprise to some but the police can't just go digging around your ISP and Internet usage and financial records without first applying for authority via a dedicated process and I can say through experience that this is rigorously scrutinised and applied and often denied in even the most serious cases. Dodgy firestick users have absolutely nothing to worry about.

Yep.

And for anything sufficiently serious, a VPN isn't going to hide you from the authorities.