Australian TV Provider Shut Down Facebook Livestream
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few days ago, millions of Australians were watching the long awaited
rematch between the Australian boxers Anthony Mundine and Danny Green.
However, live stream was quite expensive, since it was streamed
exclusively by the pay TV provider Foxtel for AUS$59.95. Of course,
people were trying to find ways to watch the event for free. Indeed,
lots of people eventually tuned into illegal live streams, including
those made through Facebook.
This is quite a common thing for sports streams to appear on social media, but this particular boxing match has turned into a true piracy fest, with over 150,000 fans streaming a feed shown from the account of one Facebook user, who instantly became famous – and not only among the viewers, but also among the copyright owners. Foxtel tracked down the user and rang him up during the match – he even recorded the call and later shared it on YouTube.
During the conversation, the streamer refused to turn off Facebook streaming and didn’t seem to be impressed by the allegations. However, the pay TV provider was serious and decided to display the customer’s account numbers on the video streams in order to disable the associated feeds. Foxtel claimed that all illegal streamers would soon face legal action. However, Facebook users who arranged unauthorized broadcasts largely believe they have done nothing wrong.
At the same time, one of the Facebook streamers already anticipates significant legal bills and has launched a GoFundMe campaign to cover them. So far, he has already reached over 25% of the $10,000 goal.
Thanks to TorrentFreak for providing the source of the article.
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This is quite a common thing for sports streams to appear on social media, but this particular boxing match has turned into a true piracy fest, with over 150,000 fans streaming a feed shown from the account of one Facebook user, who instantly became famous – and not only among the viewers, but also among the copyright owners. Foxtel tracked down the user and rang him up during the match – he even recorded the call and later shared it on YouTube.
During the conversation, the streamer refused to turn off Facebook streaming and didn’t seem to be impressed by the allegations. However, the pay TV provider was serious and decided to display the customer’s account numbers on the video streams in order to disable the associated feeds. Foxtel claimed that all illegal streamers would soon face legal action. However, Facebook users who arranged unauthorized broadcasts largely believe they have done nothing wrong.
At the same time, one of the Facebook streamers already anticipates significant legal bills and has launched a GoFundMe campaign to cover them. So far, he has already reached over 25% of the $10,000 goal.
Thanks to TorrentFreak for providing the source of the article.
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