The man behind one of the world's largest pirate IPTV services is challenging his 30-year prison sentence with a bold argument. He does not hesitate to describe part of the prosecution's case as "absurd."
Kristopher Dallmann, Douglas Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Jaurequi, and Peter Huber. These names probably don't mean anything to you, and yet these are the five men behind one of the biggest illegal IPTV services in the world: Jetflicks. The legal battle between the pirate platform and the rights holders began years ago, in 2019.
After five years of proceedings, the proposed sentence is historic. Courson, Garcia, Jaurequi, and Huber face up to 60 months in prison. Dallman, considered the mastermind of Jetflicks, could spend between 25 and 30 years behind bars. Ten months later, none of the accused have been imprisoned, and the fight continues for one of them.
Unsurprisingly, it is Kristopher Dallmann, the one most seriously threatened, who is fighting to have his sentence reduced. The TorrentFreak teams were able to consult the document in which he makes his arguments, and the least we can say is that he is not being kind to the government that condemned him.
The creator of a heavily fined IPTV service accuses the government of “absurd” calculations
Dallmann's main argument is this: the government miscalculated the losses caused by the pirate platform Jetflicks. That's the polite version. The exact formulation is that the calculations are “absurd.” The defense goes on to state that “the fundamental error in the calculation of losses related to the infringement is that, in addition to being almost comically speculative, it fails to take into account the business model at issue.”
The real loss, according to Dallmann’s advisors, is the amount of licenses that Jetflicks would have had to purchase to broadcast the TV series made available on its site. However, “the amount of this royalty […] is unknown and undeterminable.”
According to the government, the total losses to the rights holders amount to approximately $37,500,000. The document concludes with a proposed sentence deemed more reasonable in light of the facts alleged. “If incarceration is deemed necessary by the Court, Mr. Dallmann respectfully requests that the Court consider a three-year sentence.” Not sure that politeness will suffice.
0 Comments