Government Makes a Streaming Dam
Blog Date: 2/8/11
Author: Edwin Ayala, Business Management Major
Edited by: Louis Lamonte, Accounting/Management Major
Just days before Superbowl XLVI, U.S. prosecutors have stated that they have seized 16 illegal streaming websites. These websites have streamed live sports and pay-per-view events over the Internet. The man they have charged owns nine of those websites. According to the government, the 16 websites provided links to give viewers easy access to other sites that hosted pirated telecasts from the National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ("WWE") and TNA Impact Wrestling. The latter is also broadcast on Viacom Inc's Spike TV.
These websites are costing advertisers, leagues and broadcasters millions of dollars a year, and some of this cost is passed on to the fans and subscribers. The websites are firstrow.tv, firstrowsports.com, firstrowsports.net, firstrowsports.tv, hq-streams.tv, robplay.tv, soccertvlive.net, sports95.com, sports95.net, sports95.org, sportswwe.net, sportswwe.tv, sportswwe.com, xonesports.tv, youwwe.com and youwwe.net.
Feel free to post and share your thoughts below
No comments:
Post a Comment