The Premier League league is getting tougher with those illegal streams of football in the forthcoming season. The High Court has issued a "blocking order" which will force the major ISPs (including Virgin, BT and Sky) to shut down servers which are illegally streaming games.
The Premier League obtained the order as part of what it calls "biggest ever crackdown" on the illegal streaming of its content and is part of a bid to "combat the sale and use of illicit streaming devices" including the Kodi Box, which lets people watch sports and films for free.
A similar order was granted for the final two months of the 2016/17 season and saw more than 5,000 server IP addresses blocked. The latest block will be in place for the entire 2017/18 Premier League season.
Premier League Director of Legal Services, Kevin Plumb, said: “This blocking order is a game-changer in our efforts to tackle the supply and use of illicit streams of our content.
“It will allow us to quickly and effectively block and disrupt the illegal broadcast of Premier League football via any means, including Kodi boxes."
Similar measures have also been used to block bit torrent sites such as Pirate Bay, but it's proven to be like that fairground whac-a-mole game - hit one and another quickly pops up.
5 comments:
If only the prices where at a price normal hard working folk could afford, then there would be no need to stream illegally.
Sadly though these big greedy corporations want as much as they can get. i can’t afford it so simply do without.
3 Words... Virtual Private Network
The phrase “Kodi Boxes” still this day boils my blood kodi isn’t the real blame, Kodi is a media play like VLC it’s the 3rd party links that allows streaming to illegal steams is the problem.
Illegal steams has gone on for years way before kodi then you have torrent and .nzb sites for content and with a VPN it’s a FREE world.
I’m not in favour of illegal streams and piracy I’m just simply saying.
But Kodi boxes have mainstreamed the use of these illegal streams, that's the point.
I agree the price of Sky Sports / BT-Sport is really high, but as with anything else in life, if you think it's too expensive, don't buy it. That doesn't mean you just steal it instead. I'd like a Ferrari, but I can't afford one. Doesn't mean I'm going to steal one.
I'm glad they're cracking down on illegal streaming. Although I also hope that increased competition from Amazon, NetFlix etc will ultimately drive down the price.
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