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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Phill » Wed Nov 18, 2020 5:32 pm

It’s theft. End of.

People try to justify it being faceless corporations that won’t notice or care, but this is our club....essentially it’s stealing from all of us.
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Gazmoose82 » Wed Nov 18, 2020 5:41 pm

Phill wrote:It’s theft. End of.

People try to justify it being faceless corporations that won’t notice or care, but this is our club....essentially it’s stealing from all of us.


''stealing from all of us''

Jesus some people on here really do over-react :roll:
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby SidneyOttewell » Wed Nov 18, 2020 5:55 pm

Gazmoose82 wrote:
Phill wrote:It’s theft. End of.

People try to justify it being faceless corporations that won’t notice or care, but this is our club....essentially it’s stealing from all of us.


''stealing from all of us''

Jesus some people on here really do over-react :roll:

Not at all. You are a parasite, and what makes it worse, is that you're actually bragging about it.
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby bellwhiff » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:04 pm

SidneyOttewell wrote:
Gazmoose82 wrote:
Phill wrote:It’s theft. End of.

People try to justify it being faceless corporations that won’t notice or care, but this is our club....essentially it’s stealing from all of us.


''stealing from all of us''

Jesus some people on here really do over-react :roll:

Not at all. You are a parasite, and what makes it worse, is that you're actually bragging about it.

Good shout. He is a parasite. He’s stealing from the club and doesn’t even care. It’s contemptuous.
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Beano » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:14 pm

We’ve all accessed illegal content at some point in our lives.

But robbing the club and bragging about it on a fans website is a bit dumb, or........

Possibly just trolling ;)

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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby MTFCMusings » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:18 pm

Mostly iFollow has been fine for me, but it’s not without its faults.

I use the same set up every week, laptop plugged in via Ethernet cable, into tv by HDMI lead. On Saturday I just could not get the stream to load. There were no problems with my internet (I was still able to watch via my phone which was connected to the same WiFi). I tried several different browsers but whatever I tried didn’t work for the whole 90 minutes.
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby smulls » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:20 pm

bellwhiff wrote:
SidneyOttewell wrote:
Gazmoose82 wrote:
Phill wrote:It’s theft. End of.

People try to justify it being faceless corporations that won’t notice or care, but this is our club....essentially it’s stealing from all of us.


''stealing from all of us''

Jesus some people on here really do over-react :roll:

Not at all. You are a parasite, and what makes it worse, is that you're actually bragging about it.

Good shout. He is a parasite. He’s stealing from the club and doesn’t even care. It’s contemptuous.


Can anyone report a thief to the club?
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby yorkstag » Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:58 pm

Gazmoose82 wrote:Just because I don't pay for the games doesn't make me any the less of a supporter than you.... Just don't see the point in paying out my hard earned cash when I don't have to.
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I'm sure JR can get by without my £10 every week for now.... As soon as crowds get back in me and the lad will be back paying at the turnstiles don't panic :D

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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Gazmoose82 » Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:16 pm

Beano wrote:We’ve all accessed illegal content at some point in our lives.

But robbing the club and bragging about it on a fans website is a bit dumb, or........

Possibly just trolling ;)

Troll - “someone who purposely says something controversial in order to get a rise out of other users.“


In what way am I 'bragging'?
Not saying its right... Just being honest and saying I watch it for free because it saves me money.
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Sandy Pate Best Stag » Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:39 pm

https://15nbs.com/i-wouldnt-steal-a-car ... y-a-crime/

The above link may be worth a read before everyone convicts Gaz of a criminal offence.

The is a huge difference between criminal and civil law and although streaming ifollow may be morally wrong it is not criminally wrong.
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Gazmoose82 » Wed Nov 18, 2020 8:45 pm

Sandy Pate Best Stag wrote:https://15nbs.com/i-wouldnt-steal-a-car-but-is-illegal-streaming-really-a-crime/

The above link may be worth a read before everyone convicts Gaz of a criminal offence.

The is a huge difference between criminal and civil law and although streaming ifollow may be morally wrong it is not criminally wrong.


Indeed mate.. . Like I said the stagsnet police have already convicted me thou :roll:

I don't host the streams so in theory it's perfectly legal for me to view. .. Although as you say morally frowned upon!
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Big yella » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:10 pm

Martin Shaw wrote:I got my dad a new tablet (less than two years ago), and fast broadband. He has a match pass for every game and hasn't missed a single minute of a single game this season. He's also helping the club financially.

I have a tablet in front of me at every game showing the match, albeit 30 seconds behind real time. The only time it has not worked this season has been when the wifi at a ground has not been fast enough.

You don't have to watch an illegal stream and you don't have to defraud the club.

Ah well that's all right then, yours and your dads stream has worked well. Sod everyone else having problems with this absolutely terrible service,

Martin says the service is excellent folks. stop whinging. ifollow isn't bull, its you. your equipment and your broadband.
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby yorkstag » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:12 pm

And it’s not supporting the club
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby bellwhiff » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:18 pm

Sandy Pate Best Stag wrote:https://15nbs.com/i-wouldnt-steal-a-car-but-is-illegal-streaming-really-a-crime/

The above link may be worth a read before everyone convicts Gaz of a criminal offence.

The is a huge difference between criminal and civil law and although streaming ifollow may be morally wrong it is not criminally wrong.

Stealing is stealing. It’s depriving the club of much needed income. I don’t care about the criminal side of it. He’s even crowing about his own lack of morals. What a raspberry
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Martin Shaw » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:35 pm

Sandy Pate Best Stag wrote:https://15nbs.com/i-wouldnt-steal-a-car-but-is-illegal-streaming-really-a-crime/

The above link may be worth a read before everyone convicts Gaz of a criminal offence.

The is a huge difference between criminal and civil law and although streaming ifollow may be morally wrong it is not criminally wrong.


Final paragraph of the above link:
"Also note that some things that might seem similar, like ... streaming a live TV broadcast without paying are an entirely different matter and would may well be a criminal offence."
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Sandy Pate Best Stag » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:44 pm

bellwhiff wrote:
Sandy Pate Best Stag wrote:https://15nbs.com/i-wouldnt-steal-a-car-but-is-illegal-streaming-really-a-crime/

The above link may be worth a read before everyone convicts Gaz of a criminal offence.

The is a huge difference between criminal and civil law and although streaming ifollow may be morally wrong it is not criminally wrong.

Stealing is stealing. It’s depriving the club of much needed income. I don’t care about the criminal side of it. He’s even crowing about his own lack of morals. What a shithouse


But unfortunately belly it isn’t stealing. It lies in the same category as slander, liable and deformation and can only be dealt with in the civil courts. I am making no judgment on the morals of the issue but would suggest it is generating this amount of displeasure only because it is our club who aren’t receiving the revenue from the stream. I don’t hear the same amount of discord and condemnation when the victim is someone like Sky TV and indeed that has been encouraged on other threads. If companies like Sky, BT etc weren’t charging such high prices for their products, I’m sure pirate streaming wouldn’t be such a problem. Yes I know they put mega money into the game but they make eye watering profits for their shareholders. Would you buy cheap fags where duty hasn’t been paid? Would you add a few extra items to your business expenses in order to reduce your tax bill? I suggest they are bigger misdemeanours as you would be depriving the country of revenue meaning less for the poorer sections of our society.

You also have to consider if streamers would buy the match if they couldn’t get it for free. If the answer is no then the club have lost nothing and it may prevent the streamers from losing interest and fail to return when crowds are eventually allowed back. So maybe in the long run, streaming may just make the club more money than if it were not available.

And a final thought for you. How many season ticket holders have offered their ifollow pass to their mates when they aren’t available to watch themselves? And how many have allowed their mate to use their season tickets when they couldn’t get to games in the past? Maybe we shouldn’t be so fast to throw stones over a moral issue when we have also maybe denied the club revenue ourselves.
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Martin Shaw » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:47 pm

Gazmoose82 wrote:
Sandy Pate Best Stag wrote:https://15nbs.com/i-wouldnt-steal-a-car-but-is-illegal-streaming-really-a-crime/

The above link may be worth a read before everyone convicts Gaz of a criminal offence.

The is a huge difference between criminal and civil law and although streaming ifollow may be morally wrong it is not criminally wrong.


Indeed mate.. . Like I said the stagsnet police have already convicted me thou :roll:

I don't host the streams so in theory it's perfectly legal for me to view. .. Although as you say morally frowned upon!

The final paragraph of the above link says:
"Also note that some things that might seem similar, like ... streaming a live TV broadcast without paying are an entirely different matter and would may well be a criminal offence."
So it may well be a criminal offence.

Either way, whether it it is criminal offence or a civil offence, it is unquestionably illegal, which is not disputed in the quoted article. It is certainly not perfectly legal for you to view.
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Sandy Pate Best Stag » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:48 pm

Martin Shaw wrote:
Sandy Pate Best Stag wrote:https://15nbs.com/i-wouldnt-steal-a-car-but-is-illegal-streaming-really-a-crime/

The above link may be worth a read before everyone convicts Gaz of a criminal offence.

The is a huge difference between criminal and civil law and although streaming ifollow may be morally wrong it is not criminally wrong.


Final paragraph of the above link:
"Also note that some things that might seem similar, like ... streaming a live TV broadcast without paying are an entirely different matter and would may well be a criminal offence."


Ifollow isn’t a tv broadcast Martin. TV companies pay huge licence fees to broadcast on the tv airwaves but ifollow is broadcast on the internet.

Update following your edit.

It is not a civil offence. Only criminal matters can be an offence and end users of pirate streaming are not doing anything illegal. They can only be sued in a civil court for loss of revenue and the plaintiff would have to show they have suffered a loss. Morally wrong not criminal, there is a huge difference.
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Mansf1eld » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:51 pm

smulls wrote:
bellwhiff wrote:
SidneyOttewell wrote:
Gazmoose82 wrote:
Phill wrote:It’s theft. End of.

People try to justify it being faceless corporations that won’t notice or care, but this is our club....essentially it’s stealing from all of us.


''stealing from all of us''

Jesus some people on here really do over-react :roll:

Not at all. You are a parasite, and what makes it worse, is that you're actually bragging about it.

Good shout. He is a parasite. He’s stealing from the club and doesn’t even care. It’s contemptuous.


Can anyone report a thief to the club?


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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Martin Shaw » Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:56 pm

Sandy, I read that as an example (use of the word "like"), and it may be the word "live" that is the key difference to the rest of the article. However it is not clear in this article.
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Martin Shaw » Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:14 pm

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 72811.html

Premier League illegal streaming could see criminal action taken, police warn

Thursday 18 June 2020

Return of football has triggered a huge demand to watch games behind paywalls, but the City of London Police has issued a clear warning that fans who use illegal services are ... breaking the law.

Premier League fans have been warned they face heavy sanctions for watching illegal streams of games following the return of football this week ...

A crackdown on illegal football coverage in recent years has made it much tougher to watch games for free, and the City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) has warned those who consider relying on unofficial streams that large fines and prison sentences await them if they are caught.

Detective Chief Inspector Nick Court, the head of PIPCU, said: ... “Not only is it illegal to stream matches without paying for them," ...

Fact UK, leaders in intellectual property protection, stressed that the only way to avoid both criminal action ... is to utilise official and legal streams of the Premier League.
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Gazmoose82 » Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:22 pm

bellwhiff wrote:
Sandy Pate Best Stag wrote:https://15nbs.com/i-wouldnt-steal-a-car-but-is-illegal-streaming-really-a-crime/

The above link may be worth a read before everyone convicts Gaz of a criminal offence.

The is a huge difference between criminal and civil law and although streaming ifollow may be morally wrong it is not criminally wrong.

Stealing is stealing. It’s depriving the club of much needed income. I don’t care about the criminal side of it. He’s even crowing about his own lack of morals. What a raspberry


Usual mr perfect bellwhiff finishing off with a lovely un-funny insult. Classy
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Martin Shaw » Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:24 pm

This is unequivocal

https://crimestoppers-uk.org/keeping-sa ... -the-risks

In short, if you are streaming and watching - for free - films, TV shows or sport that should be paid for (or that are not legally available in the UK), then you are streaming illegally.

It is not a grey area: those who load up, advertise, sell or distribute dodgy streaming boxes and sticks are committing a crime, as is anyone who uses one of these dodgy devices to stream illegal content.
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Gazmoose82 » Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:27 pm

Big yella wrote:
Martin Shaw wrote:I got my dad a new tablet (less than two years ago), and fast broadband. He has a match pass for every game and hasn't missed a single minute of a single game this season. He's also helping the club financially.

I have a tablet in front of me at every game showing the match, albeit 30 seconds behind real time. The only time it has not worked this season has been when the wifi at a ground has not been fast enough.

You don't have to watch an illegal stream and you don't have to defraud the club.

Ah well that's all right then, yours and your dads stream has worked well. Sod everyone else having problems with this absolutely terrible service,

Martin says the service is excellent folks. stop whinging. ifollow isn't bull, its you. your equipment and your broadband.


What you have to remember big yella is that it's in Martins interest to advertise ifollow as a perfect system which runs smoothly every week without fail... He does the commo on it! No ifollow... No job for Martin ;)
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Re: iFollow, including new App

Postby Gazmoose82 » Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:29 pm

Martin Shaw wrote:This is unequivocal

https://crimestoppers-uk.org/keeping-sa ... -the-risks

In short, if you are streaming and watching - for free - films, TV shows or sport that should be paid for (or that are not legally available in the UK), then you are streaming illegally.

It is not a grey area: those who load up, advertise, sell or distribute dodgy streaming boxes and sticks are committing a crime, as is anyone who uses one of these dodgy devices to stream illegal content.


Ah well I'll still be watching it Friday nite on the old firestick... Will keep an eye out for the S.W.A.T team smashing down the door :roll:
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