Techie arrested by Maharashtra police for circulating pirated OTT content via Thop TV app
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The 28-year-old engineer was arrested by Maharashtra cyber police after multiple OTT companies including Viacom 18, Star India filed complaints against him.
Hyderabad-based IT engineer landed in jail for allegedly streaming pirated content from OTT platforms on an Android app called Thop TV. The 28-year-old engineer was arrested by Maharastra cyber police after multiple OTT companies including Viacom 18, Star India filed complaint against him. The OTT platforms like Amazon Prime, Netflix offer great content, but it may get difficult for some people to buy the subscription for all of them. When people do not want to take the authentic route, they often look for apps that sell pirated content. In this case, Thop Tv offered pirated content from across OTT platforms at a nominal monthly fee of Rs 35. As per The News Minute, 28-year-old Satish Venkateshwarlu, who ran the Android app Thop Tv, was arrested by Maharashtra cyber police for selling pirated content via his app. It was revealed that Venkateshwarlu was running the Thop Tv app and website for close to two years. He charged a nominal fee of Rs 35 per month from the subscribers for the pirated content that he sourced from various OTT platforms. An Indian Express report revealed that he transmitted content from OTT platforms using API. He was arrested from his residence in Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad, on July 12.
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