Despite all her efforts FIFA, netizens are still watching World Cup matches with the help of live pirates streams.
In fact, millions of people have already chosen to use pirated streams, and some gamea they have been watched by over half a million TV viewers, according to his report TorrentFreak.
According to the publication, Viaccess-Orca, a French-Israeli company protection agency that handles website shutdown notices, there have been about 2.000 requests to close pages that host or simply connect game to streams.
FIFA had warned before starting the Cup, but even at the start of it, saying that if someone illegally relayed the games they would stop him immediately at any time of the day, as the streams leave stigmas. Even so, however, there are many choices out there for those who really want to find a game.
"The success rate varies by content platform, but overall, we have managed to download 35% of the streaming links before the game is over. I think this is a big success rate, especially compared to websites that have direct donwload, ”said David Leporini, Vice President of Marketing at Viaccess-Orca.
While the number is indeed decent, it is still far from the 100% that FIFA would like. However, the whole process is complicated by the fact that many websites do not publish the links to the streams until shortly before the start of the game. And by the time these links are detected from the moment the game starts, their content is recognized as illegal, and the process is set to go as planned, the game may already be over.
"For the first ten days we have sent about 150 takedown announcements on Facebook and Twitter pages. "Among all the content platforms that were announced, we measured a success rate of about 51% for removing links from Facebook pages," Leporini told TorrentFreak.
