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NinjaVideo Founder Talks About Guilty Plea

Hana Beshara, one of the founders of the popular NinjaVideo movie and TV show streaming site, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and criminal copyright infringement last week.

In the video below she talks about her plea and the future of the Ninja community, which she and the others intend to keep alive.

“This is serious, folks, I’m going to prison. I would never ask anyone to do the same, but I do ask to reach within yourselves and see what you can give back to Ninja.”

“I have about four months total until I’m locked up, and I don’t plan on sleeping much. We have a lot of work to do.”

Phara, as Beshara is better known online, will be sentenced in January and faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison on each count


Phara’s message

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  • http://ompldr.org/vYWN3ag/see-what-i-thought-id-do-was-id-pretend-i-was-one-of-those-slut-whores-LOL.html w3ts1ut

    Despite all the negative aspects you hear, ‘profiting’ and yadda yadda – she seems like a very sincere person, and a strong fighter.

  • Lulz

    It’s sad the kind of people she’ll be put in with… our “Justice” system is so fucked up.

  • Rekrul

    The fact that my tax money is being used to go after people like this for the dangerous “crime” of copyright infringement, makes me want to puke!

  • Anonlol

    WTF is wrong with this country ??? Seriously ! Going to prison for “linking” . What’s next ? They will send us to prison because we invite guests at home to watch the NBA or WWE ??

    • Twice Daily

      Yes…it will take about three years for them to lobby the new legislation but plans are already afoot that will make it illegal to watch movies or listen to an album unless you are on your own in a lead-lined box which has a bare minimum of 2 feet thickness of soundproofing. It will have to be in an place isolated from the public, airtight and/or underwater, in a vacuum.

      Bit of a bugger if you forget the popcorn.

  • http://twitter.com/AlyssaBlindy Alyssa Blindy

    Damn it! I can’t access the video, yet again.
    I feel bad for this girl though; really?
    In jail for the creation of a website?
    Inanity.

    • http://ompldr.org/vYWN3ag/see-what-i-thought-id-do-was-id-pretend-i-was-one-of-those-slut-whores-LOL.html w3ts1ut

      Sorry I’m late!

      http://al.ly/OB0

      • http://twitter.com/AlyssaBlindy Alyssa Blindy

        Thanks for trying that, lol. The audio isn’t playing though; clicked play using several different clicking methods, including clicking the track pad.
        Mehh, I am considering contacting TF or even just the vimeo people regarding accessibility for screen reading technology.
        The strange thing is, TPB is one of the most accessible torrent sites; I have used it a few times.
        I hope they keep that up, in whatever changes they ever decide to make.
        That’s beyond the point though.

        • Anonymous

          We use YouTube…

          I have no idea why it’s not working at your end.. Let me know if you have any pointers on how this can be solved.

          Here’s a link to the video which starts playing immediately. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRcZT7JvNkg

        • NotSUCow

          w3ts link is virus, i flagged it

        • http://ompldr.org/vYWN3ag/see-what-i-thought-id-do-was-id-pretend-i-was-one-of-those-slut-whores-LOL.html w3ts1ut

          In response to “NotSUCow”, I’ve never posted a virus on TF, you can look at the source code yourself.

          Maybe your software is incorrectly identifying it as malware, but it’s just a video in .ogg theora format – totally legit.

    • Anthony Abel

      I am aware of your disability.
      My best advice is to try to convert this to pure audio via one of the online utilities:
      Try: http://www.video2mp3.net/
      Just enter the URL of the video and convert it to MP3.
      Hope it helps.

      In addition I have made an mp3 file from the video itself.

      http://soundcloud.com/abelanthony/ninjavideo-founder-talks-about/s-btqoT

      Give me a heads-up if you struggle with any other videos and I will help when I can.

      • Anthony Abel

        PS.
        I hope Hana Beshara doesn’t sue me for copyright infringement. Lol.

      • http://twitter.com/AlyssaBlindy Alyssa Blindy

        Thank you, but I got it. Earnesto gave me a link to the video :-) so I am all good. I then took the video, and found its origin on the accessible interface to youtube. I didn’t need to do this part, but I did anyway; it is a cooler interface for people who have no sight, and it has less distractions on the page. It was an exercise created by someone out of the UK who wanted to help the blind.
        The problem was simply that flash didn’t work; I can access youtube fine, as long as videos aren’t embedded in URLs. Lol.
        Thanks for taking the time to help.

  • http://twitter.com/icanhazsake Ninja

    Gotta love how she intends to keep the thing alive even after being dragged into the mess. Oh the lulz, are we watching the birth of another martyr? TPB folks, Assange, don’t the Governments ever learn? Wish her and the other involved the best luck, a sweet prison season and even more pirating when back out =)

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  • Guest

    Sorry I’m late!

    http://al.ly/OB0

  • Anonymous

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  • LOLZ-NINJA

    It was easy to track her when someone put her personal details out on the net…

    I wonder what she’s going to start when she comes out of prison!

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  • 2222

    When the judge watches this video he will give her the max – 5 yrs, and he will also order her to stay away from Internet use after she is let out on parole. She will be unable to do that so she will go back to prison for violating her parole. This is how a narcissist behaves.

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