Premier League: British ISPs obligated to block servers which host illegal streams of matches

The High Court of Justice (second level of jurisdiction) for England and Wales has decided, that the United Kingdom's main internet access providers - Sky, BT, Virgin Media, plusnet and EE - have the obligation to block the servers that host illegal streams of Premier League matches for the 2018-19 season, on 19/07/2018.

"A similar order was granted for the entirety of the 2017-18 season and was hugely successful, enabling the league to disrupt or block nearly 200,000 illegal streams of its content," said the Premier League, 20/07/2018.

"The league's wider anti-piracy programme is one of the most comprehensive in the world and saw hugely successful results in 2017-18, including 450,000 illegal clips of Premier League content being removed from social and digital media outlets," explained the Premier League.

• The 2018-19 Premier League Top English professional football division. 20 clubs. season begins on Friday 10/08/2018 and ends on Sunday 12/05/2019.

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