[Link] Lawmakers: Fix Copyright Law to Stop Gamblers “Beating the Bookies”

Read: 2/2/2022 torrentfreak.com

The UK Parliament's House of Lords has heard calls for a significant tightening of copyright law to tackle a most unusual threat. According to several Lords, the law should be updated to prevent live sporting events from being filmed by the public.

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[Link] Soccer is The Number One Gateway Sport to Online Streaming Piracy

Read: 14/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

A new report published by Synamedia shows that soccer is the number one gateway sport to other forms of sports piracy. This is also true for the US where soccer has a relatively smaller audience. India is the only exception in the researched countries, with cricket as the main piracy gateway.

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[Link] Akamai: Online Pirates Are Clever But Not Unbeatable

Read: 7/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

There's a growing number of technology companies trying to help copyright holders fight online piracy. Akamai Technologies, one of the big players, takes a multi-faceted approach to tackle the problem.

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[Link] Sky Subscribers’ Piracy Habits Directly Help Premier League Block Illegal Streams

Read: 29/8/2021 torrentfreak.com

UK ISP Sky Broadband is monitoring the IP addresses of servers suspected of streaming pirated content to subscribers and supplying that data to an anti-piracy company working with the Premier League.

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