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UK soccer league accuses peer-to-peer site of piracy

NO SATURDAYSThe Premier League does not show live matches at 3pm on Saturdays, but foreign broadcasters can, opening opportunities for pirates

THE GUARDIAN , LONDON

The Premier League said 1,800 cases of illegal streaming were dealt with last season, more than 90 percent of them successfully. It employs a company called NetResult to protect its intellectual property and either remove Web content or shut down Web sites that are illegally streaming games.

The league is also embroiled, along with several other companies in the music and film industries, in a long-running legal battle with YouTube, which it accuses of illegally showing Premier League games. It is suing the video-­sharing site, which is owned by Internet giant Google, in a New York court.

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