Feds seize sports websites before Super Bowl

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Politico

The federal government has seized the Web addresses of ten websites that allegedly live stream sporting and pay-per-view events online, shutting them down just days before one of the biggest televised sporting events of the year: the Super Bowl.

The U. S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York, working in conjunction with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seized the Web addresses Tuesday. The seizure affidavit was unsealed Wednesday.

The websites, which include channelsurfing.net and Spain-based rojadirecta.org, were said to illegally provide access to content from the major professional sports organizations, namely the National Football League, National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League. The sites do not host the pirated sporting content themselves, but instead provide links to other websites where people can access it illegally.

Government officials argue that the sites are not only distributing pirated content illegally, but in the process, are also denting the revenues of the professional sports leagues and broadcasters as well as negatively impacting viewers.



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[Renew Deal]

1. ATDHE.net is great

And they're back with a new address. ATDHE.me

[skoalyman]

5. here's another

http://atdhenet.tv

[nyy1998]

7. Yep, loved their website! nt

[VWolf]

12. THANK YOU !!!

I need my soccer fix.

[Broderick]

13. Tried it out

and it was playing espn but was buffering something on another page and then I got trojan warnings on Norton. Be careful.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. Like to see the justification for some of the seziures

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. Good practice run for shutting down a larger popular uprising??

"First we'll try the sports sites kill switch..."

[icnorth]

4. Tsk, tsk, tsk...can't have any of that now, can we

...denting the revenue of billionaire playboys.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. are also denting the revenues of the professional sports leagues and broadcasters

Translation: Taxpayer funded government agencies are operating at the behest of corporations to protect their
income stream.

"as well as negatively impacting viewers."

Oh, yeah? how would that impact Joe 6 pack watching the game over a cable he paid for?
Or impact someone sitting in the stadium?

[smiley]

8. that stinks

ADHTE got shut down. I watched all NFL games through that site. Guess it was bound to happen

[customerserviceguy]

9. So, what's the connection with the Super Bowl

Which is available for free all over the world from advertising-sponsored broadcast TV?

[bloomington-lib]

10. Doesn't make sense

You still see the commercials.

Hopefully it comes back after the game. I don't have cable so I watch my tv shows and sports online...with THOSE websites.

[AsahinaKimi]

11. Well of course..

Sports events like the SUPERBOWL are big money, The NFL doesn't want anyone stealing their DOLLARS!
FBI agents are Sports fans too!

[zonkers]

14. What is wrong with busting the illegal broadcasting of the SB?

[alp227]

15. it's a recession, and what about those in the sticks without TV at all?

This is shameful. Not everyone with an internet connection has/can afford television.