Originally Posted by zorba  So its okay for people all over Europe to pay and watch sky sports(illegal or not,the signal for sky sports is VERY strong,it doesn't have to be,and if the signal was reduced,sky would lose a lot of revenue so they know what they are doing) but they complain if we get the foreign channels in UK. How come Nova,Showtime,Art sports etc do not complain in the UK about breach of contract ? |
There is one significant difference between what you say above and what is happening in the UK.
Sky are showing English football, mostly to English or British expats, they are not showing Spanish league matches in Spain to the detriment of Digital+ or German league matches in Germany etc. Furthermore, they would certainly not cost ART, Showtime or probably any other provider subscriptions in their home areas, as they don't show the 3pm matches and in most cases a Sky subscription would be far more expensive.
I would also add, that were it not for the blatant commercial use of these out of area cards, this probably wouldn't be a major issue.