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Re:U.S. judge rejects World Chess bid to block websites from... by dmurray on Friday November 11, 2016 @07:54PM (#12935879)
That is one of the mechanisms that they were relying on. Anyone attending the event and relaying moves is likely in breach of contract, and at least could be thrown out of the venue. Likewise, anyone who signed up for the official feed and then shared the moves is violating the website's terms and conditions and could get their account closed. But it only takes one anonymous user to sign up and report the moves to other sites.
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Re:U.S. judge rejects World Chess bid to block websites from... by kuschku on Saturday November 12, 2016 @01:16PM (#12939221)
Not necessarily.

Person A opens the stream on their PC.

Unknown to them, Person B watches that stream through the window of Person A’s home, and broadcasts the information.

The only possible crime Person B did was invading Person A’s privacy, but Person A does not sue them.

Person A acted entirely legal, so did Person B, and you still got all the facts out.

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