Latest Vhannibal Setting E1
01/06/2017
Posts by Prophet
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Latest Vhannibal Setting E2
01/06/2017
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Sky Deutschland has won a copyright infringement case against the operator of live streaming site Stream4u.tv, as well as the provider of the hardware that was used to decrypt a Sky signal. The District Court of Hamburg, Germany, ruled that they must pay €18,000 in damages.
While ‘pirate’ sports streaming sites have been around for over a decade, in recent years rightsholders have taken a more aggressive stance.The UK Premier League has triggered several police investigations, for example, which have led to the shutdown of several streaming platforms.
In Germany, the local football league (DFL) and Sky Deutschland are involved in a similar battle. The rightsholder and broadcaster feel that unauthorized streaming sites threaten their livelihoods so they’ve initiated legal action in response.
One of the prime targets of these efforts was the streaming portal Stream4u.tv, which was broadcasting sports events without permission. In addition to the site’s operator, a civil lawsuit filed by Sky also targeted the hardware provider that offered the equipment used to decrypt and distribute the streaming signal.
Last week Sky declared a major victory after The District Court of Hamburg ruled that both the site operator and hardware provider are liable for copyright infringement.
Together, both defendants must now pay €18,000 in damages. A clear win for Sky, especially since the streaming portal has been shut down as well.
Stream4u.tv (via)
Aside from the damages, Sky highlights that this is the first time that a third-party intermediary has been held liable for copyright infringement in a case like this. They hope the result will send a strong deterrent message to others.
According to Sky, the ruling effectively means that every technical service provider faces a significant liability risk if they are aware of the illegal use of its services and do not immediately address legitimate complaints.
“The ruling is a warning for all those involved in the illegal distribution of Sky content,” says Thomas Stahn, Director Anti-Piracy & Technology at Sky Deutschland, commenting on the case.
“In contrast to criminal law, every helper is also liable for the full damages suffered by the injured parties – regardless of whether or not it profited from the illegal business,” he adds.
Sky informs TorrentFreak that the Stream4u.tv operator was not present at the court hearings, only the hardware provider. The company could not provide any additional details on the provider but noted that the hardware itself is not illegal.
“The hardware in question was used to receive the Sky broadcast signal and encode it for transmission via the internet. The hardware itself is not illegal in general,” a Sky spokesperson told us.
This isn’t the first victory of its kind for the German division of Sky. As Tarnkappe points out, late last year two people were convicted for their involvement with a sports streaming platform, resulting in a prison sentence for one of them.
Sky Deutschland has several criminal and civil copyright cases pending in Germany, so this isn’t likely to be the last verdict we’ll see against sports streaming sites and services.
Source: https://torrentfreak.com/hardw…iracy-court-rules-170529/
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Latest Vhannibal Setting E2
25/05/2017
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The Premier League and its anti-piracy partners have begun blocking some illicit IPTV streams in the UK after obtaining a High Court injunction earlier this year. However, providers are already countering the efforts in various ways, including tweaks to their Kodi addons.
In the UK, top tier football is handled by The Premier League and its broadcasting partners Sky and BT Sport. All are facing problems with Internet piracy.In a nutshell, official subscriptions are far from cheap, so people are always on the lookout for more affordable alternatives. As a result, large numbers of fans are turning to piracy-enabled set-top boxes for their fix.
These devices, often running Kodi with third-party addons, not only provide free or cheap football streams but also enable fans to watch matches at 3pm on Saturdays, a time traditionally covered by the blackout.
To mitigate this threat, earlier this year the Premier League obtained a rather special High Court injunction.
While similar in its aims to earlier orders targeting torrent sites including The Pirate Bay, this injunction enables the Premier League to act quickly, forcing local ISPs such as Sky, BT, and Virgin to block football streams in real-time.
“This will enable us to target the suppliers of illegal streams to IPTV boxes, and the internet, in a proportionate and precise manner,” the Premier League said at the time.
Ever since the injunction was issued, TF has monitored for signs that it has been achieving its stated aim of stopping or at least reducing stream availability. Based on information obtained from several popular IPTV suppliers, after several weeks we have concluded that Premier League streams are still easy to find, with some conditions.
HD sources for games across all Sky channels are commonplace on paid services, with SD sources available for free. High-quality streams have been consistently available on Saturday afternoons for the sensitive 3pm kick-off, with little to no interference or signs of disruption.
Of course, the Internet is a very big place, so it is certainly possible that disruption has been experienced by users elsewhere. However, what we do know is that some IPTV providers have been working behind the scenes to keep their services going.
According to a low-level contact at one IPTV provider who demanded total anonymity, servers used by his ‘company’ (he uses the term loosely) have seen their loads drop unexpectedly during match times, an indication that ISPs might be targeting their customers with blocks.
A re-seller for another well-known provider told TF that some intermittent disruption had been felt but that it was “being handled” as and when it “becomes a problem.” Complaint levels from customers are not yet considered a concern, he added.
That the Premier League’s efforts are having at least some effect doesn’t appear to be in doubt, but it’s pretty difficult to find evidence in public. That being said, an IPTV provider whose identity we were asked to conceal has taken more easily spotted measures.
After Premier League matches got underway this past Tuesday night, the provider in question launched a new beta service in its Kodi addon. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it allows users to cycle through proxy servers in order to bypass blocks put in place by ISPs on behalf of the Premier League.
Embedded proxy service in Kodi
As seen from the image above, the beta unblocking service is accessible via the service’s Kodi addon and requires no special skills to operate. Simply clicking on the “Find a Proxy to Use” menu item opens up the page below.
The servers used to bypass the blocks
Once a working proxy is found, access to the streams is facilitated indirectly, thereby evading the Premier League’s attempts at blocking IP addresses at the UK’s ISPs. Once that’s achieved, the list of streams is accessible again.
Sky Sports streams ready, in HD
The use of proxies for this kind of traffic is of interest, at least as far as the injunction goes.
What we know already is that the Premier League only has permission to block servers if it “reasonably believes” they have the “sole or predominant purpose of enabling or facilitating access to infringing streams of Premier League match footage.”
If any server “is being used for any other substantial purpose”, the football organization cannot block it, meaning that non-dedicated or multi-function proxies cannot be blocked by ISPs, legally at least.
On Thursday evening, however, a TF source monitoring a popular IPTV provider using proxies reported that the match between Southampton and Manchester United suddenly became blocked. Whether that was due to Premier League action is unclear but by using a VPN, usual service was restored.
The use of VPNs with IPTV services raises other issues, however. All Premier League blockades can be circumvented with the use of a VPN but many IPTV providers are known for being intolerant of them, since they can also be used by restreamers to ‘pirate’ their service.
The Premier League injunction came into force on March 18, 2017, and will run out this weekend when the football season ends.
It’s reasonable to presume that the period will have been used for testing and that the Premier League will be back in court again this year seeking a further injunction for the new season starting in August. Expect it to be more effective than it has been thus far.
Source: https://torrentfreak.com/iptv-…gue-piracy-blocks-170520/
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(Taken from HUKD forums)
Usual price £9.99 per month, 12 month subscription to Premier Sports for one off cost of £25. Use code GAA17 when ordering - Sky customers only.
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This offer is only available via the Sky platform using promo code GAA17
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As still no response from the O.P. I will close this thread and send it to expired trading
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Glad that all parties are happy, I will close this thread now and move it to closed trading
Minesh see the rules on selling here.. Please Read this before posting in this section
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sorted it i had 28e also running through my switch for when i wanted to record and watch another channel, i have deleted this and its now working
Are you not able to connect a 28.2 signal wire to the diseqc switch?
it is connected to the switch but i have had to take it out of the config for it to work, dont really matter as i dont record and watch another channel much
I sent you a pm mate, when you get chance, thanks
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Latest Vhannibal Setting E2
18/05/2017
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Originally posted by JOC elsewhere...
Channels Off 18/05/17
12.188 (V)
Real Lives
MUTV
Fox News
Nat Geo
Nat Geo +1
Nat Geo Wild
History
History +1
H2
Crime+Investigation
At the Races
11,836 (H)
Viceland
Real Lives +1
Lifetime +1
LFC :23_002:
GINXeSports TV
Crime Investation +1
TV3 +1
3e
Zee Cinema
11,934 (V)
Sky Premier
Sky Premier +1
Sky Greats
Sky Disney
Sky Family
Sky Comedy
Sky Thriller
Sky Drama Romance
Sky ScFI/Horror
Sky Select -
is there any reason to upgrade if you are more than happy with 1.1?
Was wondering the same thing.... I don't really like change and have been on 1.1 since release time but would hate to be missing out on something good if you know what I mean
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Here is TorrentFreak's take on it.....
Following a complaint from the UK Premier League, authorities in Thailand have arrested two Brits and a local citizen. The trio are accused of offering unlicensed IPTV subscriptions through the website 365sport.tv. The authorities seized a variety of hardware and handed over the two British men to their local embassy.
In recent years there’s been an increase in the availability of unlicensed TV streams, with vendors offering virtually any channel imaginable, for free or in exchange for a small fee.Many of these IPTV packages are unlicensed. That makes them a lot cheaper to the end users, which explains why their popularity is growing.
While the phenomenon remained under the radar for a long time, more recently we have seen several raids on vendors who sell these ‘pirate’ subscriptions. After arrests in Spain and Poland, Thai authorities have also joined in.
Last week the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) arrested two British men, William Lloyd, 39 and William Robinson, 35, for their alleged involvement in selling unlicensed IPTV subscriptions. The pair were arrested together with 33-year-old local man, Supatra Raksasat.
The enforcement action followed a complaint from the Football Association Premier League Ltd (FAPL) and was made public yesterday. According to the authorities, the men sold pirate subscriptions to dozens of TV-channels through 365sport.tv.
365sport.tv
The website in question was taken offline and is no longer operational. However, cached versions show that the outfit sold subscriptions for 10 or 22 premium sports channels for a monthly fee of 600 ($17) and 999 ($29) Thai Baht respectively.
During the raids DSI, which is a special department of the Ministry of Justice, seized mobile phones, nine computer servers, nine computers, and a total of 49 set-top boxes, local media reports.
DSI deputy chief Suriya Singhakamol said that the men were also accused of offering unauthorized content through a variety of other sites targeted at expats, including Thaiexpat.tv, Hkexpat.tv, Indoexpat.tv, Vietexpat.tv, and Euroexpat.tv.
Following the Premier League complaint, DSI’s cybercrime unit launched a special investigation which found that 365sport.tv offered the unlicensed streams through Thai servers.
The authorities subsequently obtained arrest warrants through the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court.
While the case remains open, the two British suspects have been handed over to officials from the British embassy, which requested their bail. All unlicensed IPTV streams, meanwhile, are no longer online.
Source: https://torrentfreak.com/thail…-football-streams-170517/
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Two British men and a Thai woman have been arrested for allegedly streaming English Premier League football broadcasts illegally.
Following a complaint from Football Association Premier League Ltd (FAPL), the Department of Special Investigated and on May 10 arrested Daryl William Lloyd, 39, Willion John Robinson, 35, and Supattra Raksasat, 33.
The arrests were only announced on Tuesday.
DSI deputy chief Pol Maj Suriya Singhakol said the agency raided five locations and had initially planned to arrest three foreigners and a Thai after receiving the complaint from FAPL representative Piraya Thammasujarit. The third foreigner was not arrested and has not been named.
Piraya had asked the DSI to investigate the Thailand-based website 365sport.tv for illegally providing an IPTV service by which Premier League matches could be streamed and viewed live.
Suriya said the website was suspected of hosting five others – Thaiexpat.tv, Hkexpat.tv, Inoexpat.tv, Vietexpat.tv and Euroexpat.tv.
He said the suspects have been charged with violating the Computer Crime Act and Intellectual Property Rights Act and causing in excess of Bt100 million worth of damages to FAPL, which owns the Premier League broadcast rights in Thailand.
The three are accused of selling IPTV set-top boxes to clients in Thailand and several European and other Asian nations and collecting monthly fees for the Internet broadcasts.
DSI officers raided a house in Nonthaburi’s Mueang district, a house in Samut Prakan’s Bangplee district and three locations in Bangkok – a condo residence in Huay Kwang, Kertch Co in Klong Toei and ProImage Co in Bang Rak.
Nine computer servers, 49 set-top boxes and three mobile phones were seized in those raids.
Suriya said the two Britons have been released on bail at the request of the British Embassy.
Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30315369
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Yes that would be ideal, if yourself or anybody else would like to knock one up please feel free, time is a little tight for me at the moment but I am happy to update, add / remove etc...
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I had a little bit of spare time so I have composed a list of pay channels that are still working in the UK, this list is not exhaustive so if I have missed any (which I probably have) please feel free to post them below and I will add them when I have time
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I was thinking, it would probably be more beneficial if somebody could create a list of what does work
I don't have the time myself this week
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Sky Sports Mix & Sky Sports F1 have also left the buiding :thread killer:
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Hackers are demanding money from Disney to stop the leaking of a pirate copy of an upcoming film. While Disney CEO Bob Iger didn't mention the movie by name when he announced the news, reports have identified the upcoming 'Pirates of the Caribbean 5' as the target.
During a town hall meeting in New York on Monday, Disney CEO Bob Iger informed a group of ABC employees that hackers have stolen one of the company’s movies.The hackers offered to keep it away from public eyes in exchange for ransom paid in Bitcoin but Disney says it has no intention to pay.
Although Iger did not mention the movie by name during the meeting, Deadline reports that it’s a copy of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.’
The fifth movie in the ‘Pirates‘ franchise starring Johnny Depp, is officially scheduled to appear in theaters next week. Needless to say, a high-quality leak at this point will be seen as a disaster for Disney.
The “ransom” demand from the hacker is reminiscent of another prominent entertainment industry leak, where the requested amount of Bitcoin was not paid.
Just a few weeks ago a group calling itself TheDarkOverlord (TDO) published the premiere episode of the fifth season of Netflix’s Orange is The New Black, followed by nine more episodes a few hours later.
Despite Netflix’s anti-piracy efforts, the ten leaked episodes of Orange is The New Black remain popular on many torrent indexes and pirate streaming sites.
There is no indication that the previous and threatened leaks are related in any way. TorrentFreak has seen a list of movies and TV-shows TDO said they have in their possession, but the upcoming ‘Pirates’ movie isn’t among them.
The Disney hackers have threatened to release the movie in increments, but the movie studio is hoping that they won’t go ahead with their claims.
Thus far there haven’t been any reports of leaked parts of the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film. Disney, meanwhile, is working with the FBI to track down the people responsible for the hack.
Source: https://torrentfreak.com/hacke…f-the-caribbean-5-170516/
