A beloved subreddit of the NBA community is now gone after Reddit banned /r/NBAStreams on Monday.

If you never visited the subreddit, then you missed out on some free basketball. Users would share streams of every single game (usually courtesy of NBA League Pass), but at no cost. It was a great subreddit to use if you were an NBA fan and a cord-cutter, because it allowed you to watch whichever basketball game you wanted.

Now, when you visit the page, users are greeted by a message saying the subreddit has been banned with a statement that reads: "This subreddit was banned under Reddit's Repeat Copyright Infringement Policy." The community had over 400,000 subscribers before its demise.

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According to Reddit's website, the Repeat Copyright Infringement Policy is as follows:

Our policy is to close the accounts of users, in appropriate circumstances, who have repeatedly been charged with copyright infringement. Sometimes a repeat infringement problem is limited to one user and we close just that user’s account. Other times, the problem pervades a whole subreddit community and we close the subreddit.

Reddit's copyright rules state when a rights holder reaches out and files a complaint, the website is legally required to remove it. The subreddit that violated the copyright rule receives a warning and once it reaches a threshold number of warnings, the subreddit gets banned.

DMCA notices have increased dramatically on Reddit in recent years. In its 2018 Transparency Report, Reddit broke down the numbers by years:

2018: 9,534 DMCA notices, which resulted in 26,234 content removals.

9,534 DMCA notices, which resulted in 26,234 content removals. 2017: 3,130 DMCA notices, which resulted in 4,352 content removals

3,130 DMCA notices, which resulted in 4,352 content removals 2016: 1,155 DMCA notices, which resulted in 610 content removals

The subreddit gained extra attention after the Raptors' win in the NBA Finals. An article from The Beaverton had the headline, "NBA streams subreddit becomes Canada’s #1 TV provider." In it, the article states, "Following the Raptors’ incredible postseason run, Canadian TV ratings agencies and sources inside web content aggregator Reddit confirmed today that the subreddit /r/nbastreams has become the most popular television service provider in the entire country."

It didn't take long for news of the ban to hit the community of its users, many of whom reacted via social media.

😔 RIP a legend pic.twitter.com/Z2bZJpK9Y6 — Isaac Gutierrez (@ByIsaacG) June 17, 2019

R/NBAStreams has been banned on Reddit pic.twitter.com/9LQDfd5Tqd — Marc Weems (@bigweems) June 17, 2019

NBAStreams isn't the only streaming subreddit to be shut down in recent weeks. Reddit also banned /r/mmastreams and /r/soccerstreams.