kirsikka
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Did they have any streaming of the game anywhere or have they actually managed to stop it?
Despite their claims, they can't stop the streaming. They might make it mildly trickier for some people in the UK but no more than that.
It's a bit like how the music industry fought Napster then all the other torrent sites that followed it one by one and each time they took one out another three sprung up until they finally embraced change. Once they started offering people the convenience of digital music the tide started to change until now the music industry revenues are back on the up and music piracy, although still out there, has declined. Give the people the service they want at a reasonable price and they'll pay it.
We'll go round and round with this process of the PL trying to shut down or block streams for the next 5-10 years whilst they try to squeeze their current model for as long as they can. By then there won't be any PL games kicking off at 3pm Saturday anymore so they can stream them all and people won't need to pirate if they don't want to.
Of course, the downside is it'll create a huge battle with the big clubs demanding a much larger slice of the pie under that model. Enjoy the remainder of this spell of relative financial equality. I know how ridiculous that sounds but trust me, it's going to get much worse.