It's been covered many times in the past but an interesting point:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6960304.stmAlso, for opinions......
Premiership soccer on non-Sky systems in pubs.
If a Middle Eastern Satellite that is transmitting a UK Premiership match is receivable in the UK, what is wrong with a pub landlord showing it on TVs in the pub?
The legal side of it is that the Premiership sell the 'rights to the picture' to Sky, who then resell to Middle East TV companies to relay via their own Satellite links to anyone who has a paid-for decoder card to receive the signal..
As they cannot restrict the download signal area just to the surrounding countries, if someone tunes in a dish and owns a decoder which are legally available, then buys a decode payment card to receive the signal, what is 'legally' wrong with showing the picture to all your pub customers.
There are some court cases pending in the UK about just this situation. Some have been found guilty of infringing some 'rights' but others on appeal have given the judiciary a right old headache.
What do you think?
dave