A Liverpool man has received a sentence of three years and four months in prison for installing pirated content on ‘firestick’ devices to watch football and profit from it.
Furthermore, this individual named Jonathan Edge has received another additional sentence, but which he will serve at the same time as the first, for consuming pirated football.
Edge, 29, of Liverpool, pleaded guilty to three fraud offenses and has been in police custody since late October.
This man used Facebook ads and word of mouth to get clients, for whom he installed pirate channels to watch football on the “firestick” device, one of the most common used on televisions.
Ignore warnings
According to the Premier League, this user “ignored” the multiple warnings to stop this activity. Furthermore, the judge recognized that current subscribers of pirated services are also victims of their actions.
Merseyside Police Detective Sergeant Steve Frame welcomed the ruling, saying “many people don’t see it as harmful” to piracy, but they are “wrong” and this verdict should serve as a “warning” to others. of people.
