Twenty-five years ago illegal file-sharing platform Napster transformed the music industry. Though it was short-lived in its initial iteration, it showed there was a new model for music, and was the precursor for legal platforms that offered c
The Premier League is the world's most popular sports league, and is highly active in closing down, blocking and prosecuting people who pirate its broadcast content.Despite this, the Premier League is largely silent on the issue of sports pirac
Ten days after the 2022/23 Premier League season finished, five men were sentenced to 30 years in prison for illegally broadcasting sport.The case, known as Operation Flawless, is believed to be the world's largest-ever illegal streaming pros
Watching Premier League games through illegal broadcast streams has gone mainstream. But the average football fan doesn’t know the criminal underbelly that is working in the shadows to provide their fix.Meet Neo, the Balkans-based seller of i
Matt is sitting at home on a Thursday evening, 100 miles away from his beloved Villa Park, desperately trying to watch a game that isn’t being shown live on TV in the UK. And his tried and tested methods to watch it aren’t working.This trigge
Watching live sport illegally has become second nature for millions of fans across the country, fuelled by the cost-of-living crisis and greater accessibility to content. Since January Matt Cutler and Richard Gillis have been on a journey dee