{"id":78033,"date":"2024-07-13T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=78033"},"modified":"2024-07-13T09:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T09:00:53","slug":"piracy-shield-is-hiring-a-pirate-iptv-blocker-no-skills-or-experience-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=78033","title":{"rendered":"Piracy Shield is Hiring a Pirate IPTV Blocker, No Skills or Experience Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"iptv2-s\"<\/a>For less demanding pirates, a free movie, TV show, or live stream amounts to nothing more than the base media. In common with users of legal platforms, how that content made it to their screens is mostly of no concern.<\/p>\n

Yet if \u2018How It\u2019s Made\u2019 had an episode revealing what goes on behind the scenes to keep sites online, in the face of constant efforts to shut them down, that might be an eye-opener.<\/p>\n

In some respects setting up a site is easier today than ever before. On the downside, pirates routinely expect more; some have become openly aggressive critics, treating pirate sites no differently than they would an underperforming retailer or airline. It\u2019s not unusual to hear comments suggesting they will vote with their feet (but not necessarily with their wallets) should standards and overall quality fall below acceptable levels.<\/p>\n

The fact that behind the scenes anti-piracy companies are using all available tools, to make running a site as unrewarding, frustrating, and oftentimes as unprofitable as possible, means almost nothing to the general masses. At least until everything suddenly stops working, most commonly due to some kind of blocking. At that point, nothing is more important. <\/p>\n

Really? Haven\u2019t these people got anything better to do?<\/small> \"™\" <\/small>(some pirates, every week, since 1999)<\/small><\/em> <\/p>\n

Getting Paid to Watch Pirate Streams At Work?<\/h2>\n

A job listing that appeared on LinkedIn and several other sites this week offers a glimpse into pirate life from the opposing direction. The potential employer is listed as \u2018Legal Forensic Tech\u2019 which under the circumstances is probably a reference to SP Tech, the company tasked with running Italy\u2019s Piracy Shield blocking system.<\/p>\n

The position of \u2018Super Junior Developer\u2019 will see the successful candidate join the team to \u201ccontinue the fight\u201d against IPTV providers and web-based streaming services, offering pirated Serie A and Serie B football matches.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the week, [Super Junior] will be responsible for monitoring pirate streaming networks, and during the matches on weekends (3\/4 weekends per month required, for a total of one hour per day, not for the whole weekend), to take them down using Piracy Shield,\u201d the listing explains.<\/p>\n

Getting paid to watch pirate networks all week might sound like easy money, but the importance of monitoring streams when matches aren\u2019t being aired shouldn\u2019t underestimated. It\u2019s during these periods that most pirate services and their servers are logged as suppliers of infringing content and therefore subject to blocking measures. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s also the not insignificant task of identifying services that were previously blocked but due to circumvention, need to be blocked again. <\/p>\n

No Special Skills or Experience Needed<\/h2>\n

There\u2019s no question this is an important job, but information in the listing doesn\u2019t always seem to reflect that.<\/p>\n

The position pays a gross annual salary (known as RAL<\/a>) of \u20ac24,000 (~$26,000), considerably less than the national average of \u20ac32,500. It\u2019s also offered on a so-called co.co.co. basis, meaning that the successful candidate won\u2019t be considered a full employee or even self-employed, but will get to decide when work gets done. <\/p>\n

Also of note is the employer\u2019s emphasis on the level of experience required; specifically, it\u2019s fine if the applicant has none whatsoever. Then, to a background of some serious blocking blunders involving Cloudflare earlier this year, there\u2019s the matter of matching the applicant\u2019s skill set to the expectations of their potential employer. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are ready and willing to teach everything there is to know about our world, all we need is someone with the grit and passion,\u201d the listing adds. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis experience is preparatory to becoming part of the development team of our products that automate these projects. The stack we work in is mainly Golang, Python and React, on which we will train you.\u201d<\/p>\n

100s of Millions At Stake vs. Piracy Shield\u2019s Pittance?<\/h2>\n

The listing confirms that the specific project being worked on is anti-piracy software for the football league, although Piracy Shield gets a specific mention elsewhere. As a result, the company works closely with DAZN, Sky, and others involved in football match broadcasting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are a very small team, very close-knit and very helpful to each other,\u201d the listing notes, reporting a two-member ops team, two junior staff, and a coordinator.<\/p>\n

At the head of the company there\u2019s a CEO and two \u201csuper-seniors.\u201d One is a forensics expert, investigator, and an expert witness. The other \u201cdeals with the development part in Go and is a former pirate.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s often claimed that pirates make huge sums of money but, in the end, being a pirate doesn\u2019t pay. Hopefully that isn\u2019t the case here, not least since working on Piracy Shield is just part of the company\u2019s overall business. <\/p>\n

Interestingly, relying solely on the revenue generated by the Piracy Shield contract<\/a> might not even be sustainable.<\/p>\n

For the \u201cadapative and evolutionary maintenance services of the Piracy Shield Platform\u201d for a period of 12 months ending December 2024, SP TECH S.R.L. will receive roughly the same amount of money Juventus pays Du\u0161an Vlahovi\u0107 for a single day\u2019s work. <\/p>\n

The Piracy Shield job listing can be found here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\n

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