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Six people said to be the administrators of 'pirate' movie site Tinymoviez have been arrested by Iranian authorities, reports TorrentFreak.
The difference in this case is since Iran has no copyright agreements with the United States, it's possible to be licensed by the state to legally pirate US content. However sources say Tinymoviez was targeted because rival pirate sites (which had been licensed to ‘pirate’ by the Iranian government) complained about its unlicensed status.
I'm dizzy. However it makes sense once you get your head wrapped around it. Authorities also added that the site offered movies (none are singled out) that may be unacceptable by Iranian standards.
"In July and August [2017], there was a meeting between a number of Iranian start-up companies and [current Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari] Jahromi, who was asked by film and TV series distributors as well as video game developers to help shut down and monitor unlicensed rivals," a film distributor in Tehran told CHRI.
The difference in this case is since Iran has no copyright agreements with the United States, it's possible to be licensed by the state to legally pirate US content. However sources say Tinymoviez was targeted because rival pirate sites (which had been licensed to ‘pirate’ by the Iranian government) complained about its unlicensed status.
I'm dizzy. However it makes sense once you get your head wrapped around it. Authorities also added that the site offered movies (none are singled out) that may be unacceptable by Iranian standards.
"In July and August [2017], there was a meeting between a number of Iranian start-up companies and [current Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari] Jahromi, who was asked by film and TV series distributors as well as video game developers to help shut down and monitor unlicensed rivals," a film distributor in Tehran told CHRI.
