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Brian McCarthy, who found out the hard way that the simple act of linking can land you in prison
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Calling what he did a "simple act of linking" is being disingenuous and reeks of fake naivety. A blog that links one story to a copyrighted video is one thing, but running an entire site linking to pirated content streams is something totally different. Whether or not it's legal is for the courts to decide, but to call this "simple linking" is not being fair at all to the reader.
Either way, $90K in 5 years is a pretty crappy income considering the risk. He would have been better off just getting a job.