[throwawayk7h]

The article later clarifies that the actual crime was to post extensive screenshots and descriptions of movies on his blogs, to such detail that it was essentially like reading a picture-book adaptation of the movie. This is really not the same as "posting spoilers."

[3eb7988a1663]

If not for protecting media giants - this seems like a wonderful service. There are plenty of great movies I will never watch. Having the ability to scroll through a detailed summary with pictures would make it feel much more real than reading a media-less plot summary.

[Nevermark]

> If not for protecting media giants - [ … ]

As soon as we start conditioning ethics, we give up and undermine the principles behind those ethics.

[oliyoung]

Yeah, this seems more like a copyright issue than a "spoilers" issue

[ronsor]

I think putting people in prison for "copyright infringement" is inherently illegitimate, so this doesn't change my view of the situation, which is that everyone involved should be ashamed to even continue existing.