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Live streaming platform unveiled for global EFL fans...
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Any more info on the 24hr delayed stream? As pathetic as it is I'll probably use it from time to time. Could try and avoid the result especially mid-week matches as I'm working anyway. Of course they'll probably have the score plastered on the site as you navigate to the stream page
i don't think it's technically 24hrs but it can't be shown until after midday (UK time) the day after the game has finished, so for an evening KO it will be less than 24 hours. i won't bother at all, by then i'd rather just watch the highlights as like you say avoiding the score will be difficult.
I Claudio
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I grant it's a different environment in many ways, but the five major sports in North America (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS) have reached a point where every game of a local team is available on television with a fairly basic cable package -the NFL still technically has a blackout policy, but has suspended it the last two years. And all five have some way in which you can purchase all the out-of-market games either on television or online.
Super Colin Todd
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Wum.
sidneyeric
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Don't need a VPN. Streaming a game isn't illegal, it's the sites that host the links that are illegal. Same with downloading films/music. It's the distribution that's illegal. Torrents are illegal because you seed when you download, seeding is sharing, sharing is distribution.
Selling a preloaded Kodi box is deemed distribution by the courts, but actually using one isn't illegal.
Selling a preloaded Kodi box is deemed distribution by the courts, but actually using one isn't illegal.
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AB22 Easy Tiger
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I'll merge them
ANonnyMoose
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Thats not at all true. They may go after the distributers, as its a much easier hit and a bigger bang for buck, but it is also illegal to download/use copied material.
"Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, distribution of copyright materials is punishable by law."
Notice the word "distribution". If I download a film and give it to you then that's illegal and I can be prosectuted. If I download a film, watch it, then delete it, while not strictly legal, it's not deemed illegal either.
The law is full of holes at the minute and the companies are trying to fill the gaps, but merely watching a game online won't get you in trouble unless you're distributing it.
ANonnyMoose
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The only "hole" in the law is the one brought about but the stupid EU ruling - which shows your example here is actually illegal - in that they have said, and this to me is moronic and so behind the times to be laughable, that *streaming* is not breaking copyright but *downloading* is. So your example there of downloading the film is actually still illegal.
I fully expect this one hole to be closed, especially when Brexit finally happens, as its ridiculous.
It's all one big grey area. It's definitely not "illegal" to download though unless you're sharing it. The laws were there for DVD's, VHS, CD's etc physical media, and still haven't caught up to the digital age.
Personally I dl everything and haven't paid for a film since I bought The Matrix ower 10 years ago. I don't plan on stopping either.
Just one word of advice to people that download... Don't use torrents. They WILL get you nicked/fined unless you have an iron-clad VPN, and even then it's a risk.
Hank Scorpio
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Illegal streams in the UK probably do impact attendances - although I acknowledge it is very hard to calculate a number (although no doubt the clubs have tried ).
I know our attendances have officially increased over the last few seasons; but as a season card holder in the North Stand, it has to be said a large number of tickets are being given away cheaply by the club and this inflates the attendance.
With regards to an official service being launched; I am in no doubt that one will come alone in the next 3-5 years. People however will need to realise that these services won't be cheap and certainly won't be priced like the illegal services.
I have NFL game pass which cost me £140 yesterday (or about 30 a month when you consider the length of a NFL season). Although the pass has it faults, in general it's good and allows me to watch the majority of my team's games. HOWEVER, there are still blackouts should Sky show the game - so if you want to guarantee to watch your team, you need a Sky subscription or a Now TV pass.
If the PL or EFL launched a similar platform, I fully expect the cost to be around £25 a month - but a Sky/BT subscription would still be required to be able to view all the games as TV matches will be subject to blackout.
). I know our attendances have officially increased over the last few seasons; but as a season card holder in the North Stand, it has to be said a large number of tickets are being given away cheaply by the club and this inflates the attendance.
With regards to an official service being launched; I am in no doubt that one will come alone in the next 3-5 years. People however will need to realise that these services won't be cheap and certainly won't be priced like the illegal services.
I have NFL game pass which cost me £140 yesterday (or about 30 a month when you consider the length of a NFL season). Although the pass has it faults, in general it's good and allows me to watch the majority of my team's games. HOWEVER
, there are still blackouts should Sky show the game - so if you want to guarantee to watch your team, you need a Sky subscription or a Now TV pass. If the PL or EFL launched a similar platform, I fully expect the cost to be around £25 a month - but a Sky/BT subscription would still be required to be able to view all the games as TV matches will be subject to blackout.
alexander
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What if I downloaded a movie from my telly box, paid forty-nine kroner for it and had it on the box for forty-eight hours till it goes away again by itself but before then record the movie and put it onto a DVD as I would like to keep it ?
Fuck narsWhat if I downloaded a movie from my telly box, paid forty-nine kroner for it and had it on the box for forty-eight hours till it goes away again by itself but before then record the movie and put it onto a DVD as I would like to keep it ?
flusheding
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You're a bit out of date now mate
The Digital Economy Act has been passed into law and makes streaming copyright content illegal. So your whole point no longer stands
alexander
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Fuck nars
I mean, I feel I have paid for the movie though I know it is only for forty-eight hours and that I have 'rented' it more than actually bought it. Am not making gazillions of copies of the movie and flog them at carboot sales or anything but I fear I would still be breaking the copyright law somehow for putting it onto a DVD, even just for myself.
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