UK Premier League Kodi crackdown continues as Brits arrested

The Premier League recently secured a court order which it hopes will help stop rights-infringing video streams of its matches. Now it seems the UK league is getting even tougher on those who host and broadcast live and illegal matches across the web. Two Brits have just been arrested in Thailand after a complaint was made by the UK Premier League. The pair are accused of offering unlicensed subscriptions to football fans through an illegal website called 365sport.tv. This website has now been shut down with all streams stopped.

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The new ruling granted to the Premier League gives it the ability to block servers which are broadcasting the games. Until now, rights holders could only close individual streams which could easily be restarted via a new server. Speaking about the new order a spokesman for Premier League said: "For the first time this will enable the Premier League to disrupt and prevent the illegal streaming of our matches via IPTV, so-called Kodi, boxes." And it added in a statement, that it had supported Thai police in efforts to crack down on the illegal use of Kodi and IPTV boxes. "The Premier League is currently engaged in its largest ever programme to protect its copyright and the legitimate investment made by its broadcasting partners. "Their contribution allows our clubs to develop and acquire players, invest in facilities and support the wider football pyramid and communities - all things that fans enjoy and society benefits from." Although Kodi software is totally legal it can be adapted via add-ons to stream illegal content over the web.

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However, Kodi also says it will not act as police for its own software, after the EU Court of Justice ruled last month that pirate streaming is illegal. In a statement on the new ruling, Kodi said it stands by its "neutral" policy. "We are developers and not the police, and we have no interest in acting as police for our own software," said Nathan Betzen, community and project manager for Kodi. "Kodi will remain as free and as open as it always has. Feel free to continue using Kodi however you want." This latest news of comes just a a few months after a number of Kodi arrests were made in the UK. One man accused of selling "fully loaded" boxes has now been fined a massive £250,000. Malcolm Mayes, from Hartlepool, sold IPTV boxes, sometimes referred to as ‘Kodi’ boxes or ‘Android’ boxes, which had been modified to allow the users to freely view content that should otherwise be paid for. Mr Mayes targeted pubs and clubs when selling the devices, falsely claiming in national magazine adverts that they were ‘100% legal’.