Nielsen estimates ESPN lost 555,000 subscribers during the last month

Re:Nielsen estimates ESPN lost 555,000 subscribers during th... by joering2 on Thursday December 01, 2016 @01:58AM (#13077723)

Theoretically speaking... couldn't a startup mimic Uber?

An app that I can find someone who has their cellphone pointing at their screen LIVE with a game on... and I pay that person pennies to watch it.

AFAIK there is some sort of a loophole that re-brodcasting even live show by recording it off of your screen (showing TV frame etc) is not illegal.

Am I wrong?

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Re:Nielsen estimates ESPN lost 555,000 subscribers during th... by ascagnel_ on Thursday December 01, 2016 @08:42AM (#13079256)

Tickets to professional sporting events have provisions stating you can be ejected for recording the event. While these are basically never enforced, I could see trying to stream the entire game be a good reason for the venue to start enforcing it.

Similarly, the broadcasts of sporting events have a disclaimer saying you can't rebroadcast or retransmit it in any way, but I have no idea if that is legally binding.

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Re:Nielsen estimates ESPN lost 555,000 subscribers during th... by kabes on Thursday December 01, 2016 @02:11AM (#13077769)

Loophole's gonna get closed as soon as such service would gain traction. You don't want to rely your business on that

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Re:Nielsen estimates ESPN lost 555,000 subscribers during th... by joering2 on Thursday December 01, 2016 @03:18PM (#13083109)

you right! I mean better not to learn Uber lesson :)

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Re:Nielsen estimates ESPN lost 555,000 subscribers during th... by pixelp3 on Thursday December 01, 2016 @02:30AM (#13077842)

you are basically talking about all the streams you can find on the internet.

And yes they are illegal - they are often taken down

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