Trader who sold TV Kodi boxes enabling free streaming of paid content avoids jail
by Press Association from Technology | The Guardian on (#35M6F)
Brian Thompson, 55, from Middlesbrough, receives suspended sentence after selling illegally pre-configured set-top boxes to stream sports and films
A trader who made about 40,000 selling set-top TV boxes allowing viewers to watch Premier League matches and movies for free has avoided a jail term.
Shop owner Brian Thompson, 55, advertised what are often called Kodi boxes on the front of his Middlesbrough outlet with a sign saying "Sick of paying monthly subscriptions? Free Sky, Virgin, Box Nation, Racing UK."
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