Premier League court order

They need to adopt a NFL-esque Gamepass option. With Gamepass you can watch all of the games live, or later on demand (including pre-season). All the games in the archive (2009 onwards). Then there are features such as Redzone (where it flicks to games where they're in the 'redzone' of the pitch, which is close to the end zone, so you see more touchdowns from all the games) and you can have multiple matches on one screen.

To get that in the UK costs £129.99/year.

https://gamepass.nfl.com/nflgp/secure/packages?ttv=1

I do the exact same for the NBA and can watch all the games on the PC/Phone/Xbox whenever I want - superb and with local commentary!

That way I only pay for what I watch! :)
 
Who cares really, there are so many out there they'll never succeed in completely blocking all streaming sites. Even if they did new sites will pop up by the hour. Not to mention proxies and VPNs.
 
Is it just me or does anything else think these companies are not really with the times and technology :s

As people have mentioned they tried the same thing with tpb and you can still get there easily enough.
 
they only block the domain name and ip anyway? just like TBP there will be alternative links and mirrors of the site popping up
 
No one is in touch except Valve.

Create a platform that everyone can use with products at good prices and build up a loyal following.

Valve have done it with games and look at Steam, strength to strength.
If you could get movies/TV shows/football for a reasonable price on demand it would cut piracy in half. They wouldnt make as much money though in the short term, and that is the issue.
 
I pay for Sky (including all the sports channels) and have a season ticket at my club. I also do about half the away games each season including a few European away trips so certainly feel I pay my fair share.

I use FirstRowSports all the time during the season though for 3pm Saturday kick offs, if I'm not at a match and want to watch something at 3pm it's the only option - there is no legal way to watch a 3pm Saturday kick off on TV.

I'll continue to find another website to stream the matches that at the moment I cannot legally watch.

Edit: Generally I'm talking about teams I don't support. If my team are playing I'm normally either at the game or there is reason why I can't be at the game so equally can't watch on TV. I'm talking about it being 3pm on a Saturday and I want some football on in the background or something so pop it on.
 
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It's to encourage people to go the games live, rather than always sit at home and watch them on the TV, at least that was the reason originally.

That only applies to 3pm saturday games though.

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Saying that my first league match will be on BT Sport at the rearraged time of 12.45pm in 3 weeks time :D But I'll be pitchside as always
 
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I get the feeling those old judges they have dictating the rule of law to the rest of us really don't understand how the internet works.

It's not really the fault of the judges. The law is highly outdated, and the judges are there to apply it - he can't just say "Well it won't work so why bother?".

As others have said, what is needed is some way to break the grip of Sky and one other party (currently BT) over Premier League games, allowing fans of clubs to purchase online season tickets for their club's matches.
 
If you could get movies/TV shows/football for a reasonable price on demand it would cut piracy in half. They wouldnt make as much money though in the short term, and that is the issue.

I this is key...

My thought is, people don't pirate because it is free... They do it as the access is much better than paid services. Why do iTunes USA get shows before iTunes UK? (rhetorical question, I know why, but that doesn't mean it should be this way!)
 
In all fairness, a lot of businesses are recognising this now. Even Apple's removed DRM on its music. Businesses are moving away from trying to make piracy more difficult and towards making legal access more easy. Obviously there are a few stuck in the past (like Sky and a lot of book publishers), but there's definitely been a shift in attitude in the last few years.
 
Valve have done it with games and look at Steam, strength to strength.
If you could get movies/TV shows/football for a reasonable price on demand it would cut piracy in half. They wouldnt make as much money though in the short term, and that is the issue.

Indeed. Let us pay monthly to stream in Flash 1080p as well as letting us buy 1080p DRM-free versions of TV shows and movies.
 
In all fairness, a lot of businesses are recognising this now. Even Apple's removed DRM on its music. Businesses are moving away from trying to make piracy more difficult and towards making legal access more easy. Obviously there are a few stuck in the past (like Sky and a lot of book publishers), but there's definitely been a shift in attitude in the last few years.

Always reminds me of a a picture I saw ages ago... Press play on pirated-DVD and the movie plays right away, whilst on a purchased DVD you have to watch lots of copyright rubbish and anti-piracy sketches.

I welcome the move to make legal access more easy, definitely the way forward.
 
It's to encourage people to go the games live, rather than always sit at home and watch them on the TV, at least that was the reason originally.

Problem is regardless of cost, many games are completely sold out, so you have no way of winning.
 
I'd rather have the ability buy an upgraded package for EVERY game. Just like in the US with the NFL network for instance, where you can watch every single game where ever, when ever. This does not remotely hurt attendances and just brings in even more revenue (which is what they are wanting to do in the first place).

Seems strange, that living in the States, I can watch a 3pm Sat game on ESPN/Fox Soccer, yet in the UK no one can. Bizarre.
 
Problem is regardless of cost, many games are completely sold out, so you have no way of winning.

Agreed, but the issue is no one exactly knows what the impact would be if every game was televised and available to watch - it could have a very big impact on the attendances of the small clubs.
 
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