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Last year, the NFL asked the U.S. Government\u2019s Patent and Trademark Office to help tackle live-streaming piracy. <\/p>\nLast year, the NFL asked the U.S. Government\u2019s Patent and Trademark Office to help tackle live-streaming piracy. <\/p>\n
Together with the NBA and UFC, the football league asked the government<\/a> to make DMCA takedown requests more effective. <\/p>\n NFL argued that when it comes to live sports streaming, long delays render takedown requests practically useless, as most of the value of live sports content lies in its real-time nature.<\/p>\n Ideally, online services should be required by law to remove infringing content \u201cinstantaneously or near-instantaneously\u201d, the sports companies argued. This includes social media platforms, where pirate streams are often openly advertised. <\/p>\n \u201cPirates have shown increasing sophistication in terms of the quality of their livestreams and now display livestreams in a way that often renders the final product indistinguishable from the legitimate feed,\u201d NFL, NBA, and UFC explained. <\/p>\n \u201cTo garner maximum viewership of the pirated content, enterprising pirates will post \u2018advertisements\u2019 on major social media platforms that drive traffic to off-platform sites where people can watch unlawful livestreams of live sports event content without paying a dime.\u201d<\/p>\n The sports leagues stressed that widespread piracy hurts their revenues. This impacts everyone involved in the sport, including the highest-paid athletes. However, that doesn\u2019t mean that these players are unanimously rallying against piracy. <\/p>\n Even some of the sport\u2019s biggest stars, including LeBron James<\/a>, have reportedly used pirate streaming sites. And this weekend, another player was added to the list after the injured Seattle Seahawks cornerback Tariq Woolen<\/a> apparently tuned in to Methstreams to watch his own team play. <\/p>\n This was revealed in an Instagram story where Woolen shared an image clearly displaying the streaming site\u2019s URL. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n It\u2019s not every day that we see professional players publicly tune into pirate streaming sites. After being picked up by \u1d05\u1d0fxx on X<\/a>, the image was further shared by Tanner<\/a>, through which it eventually reached the feed of reputable NFL news aggregator Dov Kleiman<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cSeahawks CB Tariq Woolen was using MethStreams to watch today\u2019s NFL games. He makes over $1 million a year,\u201d Kleiman wrote. <\/p>\n The news eventually made it back to the Seahawks cornerback, who didn\u2019t seem all that concerned. Whether NFL bosses share his casual attitude towards piracy is questionable, however. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Ironically, while Woolen was watching the game, NFLs anti-piracy partners were working hard to take pirate streams offline. Keeping an eye on Methstreams.com<\/a> and other pirate sites with links to unauthorized broadcasts is par for the course. <\/p>\n Sunday\u2019s game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Atlanta Falcons was no exception, as this takedown notice shows<\/a>. Despite these efforts, some people still found their way to pirate sources.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2014<\/p>\n From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\nNFL vs. Pirates<\/h2>\n
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