Believe it or not, there are some people who don’t pay subscription fees to watch their Premier League football.
As incredible as that may sound, a good number of folk choose to watch illegally streamed footage of English top flight matches over the internet. We’re shocked also.
Now though, the FA has stepped in to put a considerably large spanner in the works.
As reported by Rob Harris of the Associated Press, the Premier League has now gained a High Court order which allows them to block servers that stream unauthorised broadcasts of matches.
The @premierleague gains High Court order to be able to block servers that stream unauthorised broadcasts of games
— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) March 8, 2017
For the very first time, the Premier League now has the capability to “disrupt and prevent the illegal streaming of our matches via IPTV, so-called Kodi, boxes”.
Of course, none of this will be of concern to any of you JOE readers, all of which only ever watch games either in the stadium or over a legitimate broadcast.
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