Feds blitz websites streaming live sports before Super Bowl
Days before the Super Bowl, federal authorities blitzed more than a dozen websites illegally streaming live sporting events.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies announced Thursday that they had seized 16 websites and brought criminal charges against a Michigan man who operated nine of them.
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yah, was mentioned on an earlier post
been talked about, but good find nonetheless
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So SOPA was meaningless then?
Seems like the government never needed it anyways, King Obama sure is putting in a lot of fascist work in before his reelection.
Me and Matt Cassel just - you up, dog!
You do realize that Obama runs ICE right?
ICE is the one who took down the sites, and he doesnt need congress’ permission to run ICE.
Or just look at the ACTA treaty Obama signed the other dya, didnt get Congress’ permission for that either and its still law.
Me and Matt Cassel just - you up, dog!
by ChiefWarPaint on Feb 3, 2012 3:32 PM CST up reply actions
Not meaningless.
That would have given them even more power to shut down sites that were simply under suspicion. They still need stuff like warrants and probable cause.
"The Chiefs are in great hands with Romeo and Scott and I wish them nothing but the best." - Bill Muir
It doesnt matter hes assumed the power already
What gives him the right to shut down foreign or international websites, not based in the US?
Megaupload was from Hong Kong, why did Obama just assume Chief of World Police duties? I think it has something to do with all that corporate money telling him he can.
Me and Matt Cassel just - you up, dog!
by ChiefWarPaint on Feb 3, 2012 3:35 PM CST up reply actions
If they were out of bounds, then I guess Dotcom will win in court.
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Ha fat chance of that
But hey as long as theyre not outside their bounds… Whats Might is Right!!
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by ChiefWarPaint on Feb 3, 2012 3:45 PM CST up reply actions
hasn't that always been the way?
ask pretty much any Native American …
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
Or any country on Earth today
We act like a bully in the playground, and then Wonder why the other kids dont like us.
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by ChiefWarPaint on Feb 3, 2012 3:53 PM CST up reply actions
go figure, huh
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
I dont know you tell me
Youre the one from New Zealand ;)
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by ChiefWarPaint on Feb 3, 2012 3:54 PM CST up reply actions
I checked
He’s stuck here after being denied bail and the US is seeking extradition. We arrested him on your behalf
ICE didn't shut down the Megaupload site
as for Chief of World Police duties … the USofA has been that for YEARS … it really is allow about the money, that goes for the other side of the aisle too
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"I shall conquer untruth by truth" - Mahatma Gandhi
"It's always easier to sell 'em some shit than it is to give 'em the truth" - Shel Silverstein, The Perfect High
hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
I dont see sides
Theyre all for the most part in the Greenback Party.
Only in America will we have an Election with thousands of nominees and only see two sides, two candidates. Our stupidity will be our undoing.
Me and Matt Cassel just - you up, dog!
by ChiefWarPaint on Feb 3, 2012 3:48 PM CST up reply actions
They did this last year too right before the superbowl.
Took the sites about 2 weeks before they were up and running under different domain names
Only to shut down again not long later.
Or in the case of ATDHE, come back in a crappy form with very little to offer, including no NFL games.
"The Chiefs are in great hands with Romeo and Scott and I wish them nothing but the best." - Bill Muir
I decided this year I'd had enough
Of streams being cut down at inopportune moments, lag and poor quality and shelled out a fair bit of money for GamePass
I never had that problem.
Of course, the site I used most often was just shut down…
There are still other sources, though, and more will pop up. As long as they’re trying to cut off the supply instead of meeting the demand themselves, they’ll be fighting a losing battle.
"The Chiefs are in great hands with Romeo and Scott and I wish them nothing but the best." - Bill Muir
much like the losing battle in the "war on drugs"
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hi, Mo! 5 minutes!!!
To be fair you could make drugs legal, then tax the hell out of them
But doing the same thing probably wouldn’t work with NFL games
No, but they could stream the Super Bowl
complete with all those expensive commercials.
"The Chiefs are in great hands with Romeo and Scott and I wish them nothing but the best." - Bill Muir
But most of the commercials I see are purely aimed at american audiences
Very few would apply to me. Though I do enjoy watching them, you guys have some terrible advertising sometimes
Advertising could be targeted
differently to different audiences, by IP address.
"The Chiefs are in great hands with Romeo and Scott and I wish them nothing but the best." - Bill Muir
True, but would companies want to pay to advertise in New Zealand or Costa Rica
Where the amount of superbowl viewers are lower, especially when espn screens it here.
Don’t get me wrong, I like the idea, just playing devil’s advocate
Sure.
They’d just have to adjust the price for what the market will bear. Obviously they couldn’t charge as much as they do to run ads in U.S. markets.
"The Chiefs are in great hands with Romeo and Scott and I wish them nothing but the best." - Bill Muir
Just glad that NBC has the decency to put their games online
Fox and CBS need to take notice and get this going with the next round of negotiations (2013 or 2014, right?). The region-only era of games has ended, and the NFL is way behind.
Difference is
NBC only has one game a week. And it also doesn’t fall under the DirecTV monopoly package.
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