The Premier League has set its sights on domain registrar GoDaddy in its ongoing battle against pirate sports streaming. Seeking to unmask the individuals behind a slew of illicit streaming domains, the league has requested GoDaddy to divulge crucial details, including IP addresses and payment information. Such data could prove invaluable in bolstering enforcement efforts against the rampant piracy plaguing live football broadcasts.
In addition to seeking identification, the Premier League has urged GoDaddy to take decisive action against these infringing domains. However, despite these demands, concrete steps towards enforcement have yet to materialize. As the league awaits GoDaddy’s response, the battle against illicit sports streaming continues, highlighting the persistent challenges posed by digital piracy in the realm of live sports entertainment.
England holds the esteemed title of the ‘home of football,’ with the Premier League reigning as its premier competition, captivating audiences worldwide in the hundreds of millions.
Beyond the thrill of the game, the Premier League boasts lucrative broadcast rights, yielding billions in annual revenue—an unparalleled sum in the realm of football leagues. Broadcasters, who secure these rights, often recoup their investments through public subscriptions. However, not all football enthusiasts are keen on this arrangement, seeking out free or discounted alternatives via pirate streaming platforms.
In response, the Premier League has embarked on various legal avenues to combat piracy. From securing blocking orders across multiple jurisdictions to spearheading lawsuits resulting in prison sentences, the organization has been relentless in its pursuit of justice.
Yet, dismantling pirate operations proves challenging. Streamlining sites and services operators remain shrouded in anonymity, deftly evading detection.
The Premier League’s latest move involves targeting GoDaddy customers in a bid to unveil the elusive operators behind over two dozen domain names. Through a legal maneuver, the league seeks a DMCA subpoena to compel domain registrar GoDaddy to disclose pertinent information on these operators. While not a direct assault on the streaming sites, this strategy may yield valuable intelligence.
Among the domain names cited in the request are live-kooora.com, 30.tv, live4.kooora-gooal.com, fctvlive.com, and soccertv4k.com—platforms boasting hundreds of domain names and attracting millions of monthly visitors.
Furthermore, the Premier League seeks intelligence on various backend domains linked to the well-known pirate streaming services EVPad and SVI Cloud. These platforms have garnered significant popularity in South East Asia and were previously labeled as “notorious markets.”
EVPad, in particular, has been characterized as an “extremely sophisticated” pirate streaming service. An investigation conducted on behalf of the Premier League revealed that a product purchased from EVPad granted access to over 1,700 channels, with 75 of them offering live sports broadcasts. The operators of these platforms have taken meticulous measures to conceal their locations and identities, although the Premier League has traced them back to Hong Kong and China.
Seeking to unmask the individuals behind the targeted domains, the Premier League aims to gather comprehensive information through the requested DMCA subpoena.
In addition to identifying the operators, the football league seeks details such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, payment information, and other account particulars from GoDaddy.
Alongside the subpoena, the Premier League has directly communicated with GoDaddy, urging the domain registrar to take action against the infringing content. Failure to do so may result in the continued broadcasting of similar pirate streams throughout the remainder of the season.
As of the current moment, several of the domains and services outlined in the application remain operational. GoDaddy typically refrains from taking domains offline without a court order, which aligns with expectations.
However, if the DMCA subpoena garners approval, GoDaddy will furnish the requested account holder information. Such subpoenas typically necessitate only a court clerk’s signature, indicating a probable progression of the process.
Nevertheless, the efficacy of the obtained information for the Premier League remains uncertain. Many operators of pirate sites provide misleading domain registration data, and GoDaddy’s acceptance of cryptocurrency payments may obscure financial trails.
Update: The subpoena has been authorized by a court clerk.
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A full list of all the domains mentioned can be found below. The request below includes several subdomains.
Websites
– live-kooora.com
– 5koora.live-kooora.com
– mpm24hd.com
– fctvlive.com
– koora-live.io
– yalla-shoot-as.com (redirects to yyallashoot.live)
– tarjetarojatvenvivo.net
– yalla–live.net
– kooora4lives.io (redirects to koora4live.ai)
– futbollibretv.me (redirects to futbollibretvhd.me)
– doomovie-hd.com (redirects to doomovie-hd.pro)
– streamlive7.com (redirects to match.fctvhd.com)
– live4.kooora-gooal.com
– 30.tv
– koooralive-tv.com (redirects to kooralive-tv.io)
– dooball2you.com
– dooballx.com
– soccertv4k.com
– futebolgratis.net
– baadooball.com
– dooballfree24hr.com
– herodooball.com
– kora-live-new.com
– kora-livee.com
– koora–live.com
– bein–match.com (redirects to tv.bein-match.pro)
SVI Cloud
– broker.6868a.cc
– 6868b.cc
– vpic.6868c.cc
– playback.f666666.xyz
EVPad
– appindex.google10sv.com
– v10js.google144.com
– sx.dl1717.com
– dlt.6868nbtc.com
– findpic.00005555.cc
– tm1.hdtvvip.com
– cdn_pic.0168861.com
