That only compels search providers (google) to de-list any "pirate" sites. It hasn't changed the copyright laws or distribution act.
It DEFINITELY IS ILLEGAL to download and always has been!
Then as soon as the time limit has ended you have broken the law. You can argue that the DVD copy was a back-up in case of your TV connection going down within the rental period (it may still not work, but you could try), but you have made a legal agreement to pay for 48 hours access to the movie - once that ends, you should be deleting/destroying the DVD copy.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 ?
It hasn't always been. There were no laws covering digital media. Distribution of copyright material is illegal, yes, but streaming a match isn't, nor is downloading a song and listening to it.
It doesn't only do that, there has been a big kick back due to it being a little bit too vague in the wording on who will be charged and fined for online copyright infringement which the government have only given their word that they won't target end users in court.
Are you based in the states then ?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
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.
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You're the best!
And for the rest of us who are lucky enough not to live in the Trumpian States of America?
