Clampdown on TV 'Dodgy Boxes'

Well let's take an example

Sky, TNT and Premier Sports have the rights to broadcast live EPL games in Ireland.

So therefore the only way to legally watch a EPL game in Ireland is through a provider that legally carries those stations.

If I'm watching an EPL game on an illegal stream, regardless of where it's coming I'm not viewing the game from an official carrier, thus I am in breach of some law or other.

But it's a moot point because no one is going to court for watching illegal streaming.

Surely if there was ever going to be a case it would be on the grounds of copyright. So if a broadcaster in Ireland has the rights for the premier league say, and you're streaming it from another country's service, you're still breaching the Irish broadcasters rights?

i dont think its illegal to use a freesat reciever that recieves free satelliite tv stations ,in the 80s people would put up large aerials to watch bbc itv uhf signals from northern ireland .i,m sure young people watch rte tv ,they show american film,s drama,s usa tv comedys, and live sport soccer gaa and its free. Alot of people do not have broadband especially in rural area,s so theres not much point in setting up a android box. you dont need to be a tech expert, any old sky reciever will recieve bbc ,itv, many free channels even if you dont have a sky subscription.

from satellite.ie

If I have a Sky set up, i.e.. dish & LNB installed, can I buy a Free to air box and get the Free to air channels (ITV, BBC etc) from the Sky (astra 2) satellite?
Yes, you can simply replace your sky box with a Free To air box to get U.K. free TV channels.

The only court case,s i heard of is of people who were selling dodgey boxs and providing a service to update them

theres lots of uk channels you can watch simply using a browser on a laptop.

I don't think they rely on rte one tv but most tvs have saorview or else a satellite connection rte has the best service if you want to watch sport free I think sky tv will be on satellite for another 10 years .If you have freesat plugged into your tv theres no reason not to watch it

A lot of tv brands have had a satellite tuner built into them for years now.

It's often not Freesat branded, which means the channels will be all over the place and the user interface not the easiest. But it does a job.

And I see many pubs now won't screen Sky Sports channels, they'll instead show a match on Optus or SuperSport. One publican says it makes it harder for Sky to come at you as it not they're broadcast your showing. Again, zero proof of this but was just a comment passed.

Do the Freesat models show a 7 day EPG or just now/next?

Freesat shows the full 7 day EPG. Generic FTA tuners just show the now/next.

Genuine question though - is using a dodgy box illegal? I'm technically paying a provider for a service (the same as i would pay bein, sky, now tv or anybody else). They don't have the broadcast rights for that service, but is that on them? Surely it's not up to the end user to worry about whether the service provider is following the law

Especially as a high probability that said guards also owning the boxes.

This is a few times now the penalty points scandal has been brought up, and there would be similar uproar if someone potentially leaked info from inside the guards if there was illegal use of dodgy boxes within our forces.

The problem with this comparison is, nobody gave a fiddlers about people getting away with penalty points. The scandal was the bullying campaign from inside the force against Maurice McCabe himself.

If somebody leaked info to the media in the morning about some guards using dodgy boxes. 99% of the population would not care less.

The GAA and Sky would go on their own outage campaign over it. This would lead to even less support to the crackdown.

My sons class watched a film in school on last week 2 weeks ago. I asked my wee fella did someone bring in a DVD or what, he said no teacher brought in his firestick and we picked a movie from all the same ones on yours 🤣

L think it's illegal to buy a device that has software apps on it that's designed to access services that give access to illegal streams of movies or sports events like the premier league that normally would need a sky subscription to watch .

It's probably no different from receiving or buying stolen goods that you know are stolen.

You know that you are paying for an illegal streaming service, just like you know that that chainsaw that you bought really cheap from that member of an ethnic minority is stolen.

The Gardai happened to find that chainsaw in the boot of your car.

Owning the car is not illegal but possessing the stolen chainsaw is.

But just like the Gardai don't persue everyone who might have bought a chainsaw from a member of an ethnic minority they are not going to pursue everyone (or even anyone) who has a illegal streaming service.

Theres always been privacy before streaming apps there were DVDs with pirated copy's of movies on them .