A court in Murcia, Spain, has ordered Google to testify in a criminal case concerning IPTV app, NewPlay. Football league LaLiga, whose matches were allegedly offered illegally through the app, previously called for the directors of Google, Apple, and Huawei to face criminal charges. LaLiga criticized the companies for failing to disable copies of NewPlay already installed on users’ devices. Google and Huawei must now testify as ‘profit-making participants’ in an alleged piracy scheme.

  • far_university190@feddit.org
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    4 hours ago

    ffmpeg can play HLS, do not think it about newplay. Think they want precendence to order remote uninstall of any app. Want control over device of other people.

    Which even more fucked up.

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      3 hours ago

      That’s what I mean, this is massive overreach and completely unwarranted on top of that.