They coming for the streams yet again

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by RealSNR

LoneWolf, is it "stealing" if I don't pay for any of the streaming services but watch all the games at my local sports bar?

Yeah, that bar paid the Sunday Ticket or cable price or whatever, but by offering the games for free, they're stealing dozens of customers that would otherwise be paying for this service, right?

Hell, it's even worse. They're using the NFL to gain customers and make money, and the NFL isn't getting a single cent of commission per customer that walks in that door. All the bar does is pay the flat rate for Sunday Ticket or whatever it is they use.

Apples meet oranges. A bar showing the game is very similar to someone coming over to your house to watch the game. It is a finite group that can partake in that and they have to physically be there. One illegally hosted stream could theoretically reach millions of people.