Interesting. All of us are going to need to be cognizant of not publicly posting links once games start - even in the preaseason. As an out of towner I get fans reaching out to find a way to watch the game, but come on people - we all know how to google something. If the NBA is cracking down, we can surely expect the NFL to do the same, tenfold.
I received a DMCA takedown notice following the NBA postseason, with the league citing instances of when users previously posted links in our forum to various sites where people could watch the games illegally outside of normal channels.
This site was among hundreds of similar sites with forums contacted, with the league using a designation of “contributory infringement” of the links in question. That’s always been something that I’ve mentioned isn’t permitted here, and fortunately, there were single-digit links reported that fell into that category. Obviously, they were removed.
Whether or not sites with a much larger exposure (some had literally hundreds) will be affected beyond that, especially some who disagree with the designation, remains to be seen.
The NFL hasn’t come after sites in that fashion or to that extent to this point, at least not that I’ve heard from the handful of people I keep in touch with. But after nearly 25 years of running this place, if the NBA is beginning to really step this side of things up, one would have to believe the NFL will likely follow.
