Sports Streams Cracked Down On
This comes up at ATDHE.NET now.
US agents have sidelined 10 websites they said were linking viewers to pirated telecasts of live sporting events including professional basketball, hockey, wrestling, and other sports.
Federal officers armed with court-issued warrants seized the online domains of Atdhe.net, Channelsurfing.net, HQ-streams.com, HQstreams.net, Firstrow.net, Ilemi.com, Iilemi.com, Iilemii.com, Rojadirecta.org, and Rojadirecta.com.
Visitors to any of the websites were being redirected on Thursday to a notice stating that the particular domain had been seized because of criminal copyright violations punishable by prison time and fines.
Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) teamed with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York to execute the warrants.
Happy hunting for new sites.
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:03 PM ^
atdhe.net has been replaced by atdhenet.tv
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:28 PM ^
So sneaky
February 4th, 2011 at 9:15 AM ^
February 4th, 2011 at 11:24 AM ^
Yeah, you think they could have been a bit better at dissociating from the old one.
It`s kinda like trying to hide porn on your computer in a folder on your desktop titled "NOT PEOPLE F***ING"...
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:08 PM ^
This has been discussed a in a few threads. There are already new mirrors up.
atdhenet.tv
atdhe.me
channelsurfing.co
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:21 PM ^
yeah, formerlyanonymous, please do a search first.
February 3rd, 2011 at 11:11 PM ^
also channelsurf.eu
knock two down and 5 more pop up.
Edit: trying desperately to cover up double post.
February 4th, 2011 at 12:29 AM ^
I'm really enjoying your uploads on mgovideo.com. Do you think you will be uploading some b-ball games for this season?
February 4th, 2011 at 6:13 AM ^
Which games do you want?
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:09 PM ^
Tough luck and that sucks, but I don't blame them. Those network providers spend big bucks for these events (esp. ones that are part of major packets), and they obviously will use any means (including government intervention) to keep them.
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:09 PM ^
You're still alive!!!
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:14 PM ^
formerlyanonymous always gets a +1 even when he's re-posting in my book.
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:30 PM ^
Anyone who resisted the urge to delete any of those late night threads that were so popular a few weeks ago is A-OK in my book.
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:15 PM ^
i always just use justin.tv for mine
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:30 PM ^
I hardly ever find a stream I'm looking for there. It's usually a link to another site, and I don't want to go to those other sites because I don't know if they're harmful.
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:34 PM ^
The government really needs to spend my tax dollars on solving real problems.
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:41 PM ^
Homeland Security, stopping illegal sports feeds and shampoo bottles for the american tax payer. Next item on the agenda...... mattress tags.
February 3rd, 2011 at 10:55 PM ^
I'm neither agreeing nor disagreeing with this, but I heard a report on the radio about this on the way home from work tonight. This was described as important economically. If people are viewing free streams illegally instead of paying for them (PPV, or subscribing to cable, or whatever), those companies are losing money, and the government is losing the tax revenue. So, the government would tell you that they're spending your tax dollars to crack down on this to stimulate the economy and get other people to pay more tax dollars.
February 3rd, 2011 at 11:04 PM ^
Um yeah F that.
February 3rd, 2011 at 11:06 PM ^
I wonder how many tax dollars were spent to stimulate the revenue of a few new domain names.
February 3rd, 2011 at 11:28 PM ^
This assumes that people viewing the stuff online would pay for it elsewhere, which I know personally is usually not the case.
February 4th, 2011 at 12:53 AM ^
a la carte, I have no sympathy for the cable networks being pirated. I don't have cable, and I don't have the money to pay for stupidly expensive cable plans overflowing with channels I have to subsidize even though I don't want them. Can I have a cheap plan with three sports channels and nothing else? No? Okay then. Is ESPN3 going to be openly available, and not just available to people who fit certain criteria? No? Then by all means, keep the illegal internet streams alive. For some of us, that's the only realistic option.
February 4th, 2011 at 7:57 AM ^
Ala Carte is great too...but keep in mind that if the consumer can pick and choose which channels he gets, then the companies will raise the prices. I'd get 3 channels and they'd all be sports, and they'd all be expensive too :(
February 3rd, 2011 at 11:30 PM ^
I'm pretty sure all of your current and future tax dollars were used up when we sold that bond to Japan back in 1995 to buy a sweet six pack of skud missiles.
Or maybe I'm wrong maybe you pay over a million dollars in federal taxes per year.
February 3rd, 2011 at 11:04 PM ^
February 3rd, 2011 at 11:14 PM ^
These sites have been up for a very long time, can be found with a quick Google search, and have already been put up again under new domain names. So this would be the most ineffective semi-sinister lobbying effort ever, if that's the case.
February 3rd, 2011 at 11:16 PM ^
I love it when my piracy is a blow against the MAN.
February 4th, 2011 at 9:02 AM ^
So law enforcement is doing its job and making it harder for criminals to break the law?
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<br>Oh the horror!!!
February 4th, 2011 at 9:09 AM ^
February 4th, 2011 at 9:56 AM ^
A lot of people watching streams aren't taking money from anyone, they're watching stuff that just plain isn't aired where they live. In those live chats on streaming sites I'd say at least half the people are foreigners.
Illegal streams would find a lot less support if they truly globalize the entertainment industry instead of maintaining outdated and now artificial international barriers.
February 4th, 2011 at 10:11 AM ^
I live in Norway, and atdhe was the only way to get somewhat decent definition for the UM games. I tried slingbox but it totally blows. The other alternative is to watch the Notre Dame games narrated by some dumbass, which is the one game shown here live. They usually replay one Big Ten game on Tuesday or Wednesday mornings, but you could end up watching Indiana vs Minnesota or something like that.
I second the appreciation for posting the new ones, let's see how long they last.
Oh, and I do pay taxes in the US. I agree that there are many other things that law enforcement could focus on.
February 4th, 2011 at 10:12 AM ^
WikiLeaks is still up.
February 4th, 2011 at 11:57 AM ^
MyP2P.eu is still safe.