From the Home of Evil Corp.: Streaming Demons Stir the Pot
December 17, 2019
DarkCyber spotted this write up: “Russia’s 3rd-Largest Internet Company Is Suing Twitch for $3 Billion, Wants It Banned in the Country.” The story asserts that Rambler Group, which figures in other interesting activities, is:
planning to sue the Amazon-owned streaming site for 180 billion rubles ($2.82 billion) in a Russian court. It claims that Twitch breached its exclusive broadcast rights to Premier League games more than 36,000 times between August and November. The company also seeks a permanent ban on Twitch in Russia.
DarkCyber recalls stories about Evil Corp.; for example, this one: “‘Evil Corp’: Feds Charge Russians in Massive $100 million Bank Hacking Scheme.” That write up reported:
“Evil Corp.,” a name reminiscent of the nickname for the key malevolent corporation in the popular television drama “Mr. Robot,” is “run by a group of individuals based in Moscow, Russia, who have years of experience and well-developed, trusted relationships with each other,” according to a Treasury Department press release. The criminal group used a type of malware known as “Dridex,” which worked to evade common anti-virus software and spread through emailed phishing campaigns.
Bookends, peanut butter and jelly, or ham and eggs?
These two alleged legal actions raise a number of questions:
- Which is more evil? Stealing soccer broadcasts or individual’s money?
- Why aren’t certain content types just blocked? China seems to be reasonably adept at filtering?
- Will soccer fans stop looking for low cost pirate streams or will gamers give up on Amazon Twitch because of a legal action?
- Who is behind pirated content? (Some of the key players may be a surprise, DarkCyber believes.)
Worth monitoring these symmetrical legal actions? Yep.
Stephen E Arnold, December 17, 2019
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