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Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by what, Sep 1, 2015.

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  1. Mr. Clutch

    Mr. Clutch Contributing Member

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    Mlb TV doesn't black out Astros games?

    Or you're not in Houston?
     
    #81 Mr. Clutch, Sep 3, 2015
  2. Swag

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    ballstreams!
     
    #82 Swag, Sep 3, 2015
  3. burnshroom

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    *sigh*

    Allow me to introduce you to Apples and Oranges.

    /end conversation
     
    #83 burnshroom, Sep 3, 2015
  4. what

    what Member

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    If you have the ingenuity to illegally watch games on a pirated website like ballstreams, you can certainly figure out how to mask your ip to get all the rockets game in a blacked out area.

    Don't try and pull the morality card in this debate because it don't fly. Your reasoning for using ballstreams is that it is cheaper, and that's the only reason and you couldn't care less about the legality of it.
     
    #84 what, Sep 3, 2015
  5. Aleron

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    Most people don't care about the legality of something when it isn't illegal. It doesn't really take any ingenuity, ballstreams isn't doing anything illegal, you may think it should be, the nba may want it to be, but neither of those actually makes it so.
     
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  6. SirCharlesFan

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    On what basis are you suggesting Ballstreams isn't illegal? Is this some sort of moral/philosophical argument where you think it shouldn't be illegal, or do you actually believe what your saying? Or are you from a country with very weak piracy/intellectual property laws?
     
    #86 SirCharlesFan, Sep 3, 2015
  7. Mr. Clutch

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    Is it illegal?
     
    #87 Mr. Clutch, Sep 3, 2015
  8. conundrum

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    Been using Ballstreams for 2 seasons now, love it. 60 bucks to follow all teams, no blackout for local (Spurs) or national TV games and all in HD on my computer, tablet, phone or TV. Love sticking it to the NBA.
     
    #88 conundrum, Sep 3, 2015
  9. orosiriley

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    If you think the NBA package is expensive in the states, we live in Costa Rica and look at these prices. 535 colones += $1

    NBA LEAGUE PASS plus: NBA TV*, Home/Away announcers**, Video Vault and Spanish language feed
    ₡10,999.99 or $20 Monthly membership
    BUY NOW


    Every NBA game, live and on demand across devices
    ₡7,499.99 or $14 Monthly membership
    BUY NOW


    10 select regular season games each week, plus 24/7 exclusive NBA programming
    ₡3,199.99 or $6 Monthly membership
    BUY NOW
     
    #89 orosiriley, Sep 3, 2015
  10. AFS

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    Taking another person's content and selling it as your own without obtaining the rights is, generally speaking, illegal.
     
    #90 AFS, Sep 3, 2015
  11. DrLudicrous

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    I'm pretty sure ballstreams is illegal, but I'm going to keep using it because it offers the service that I want.
     
    #91 DrLudicrous, Sep 3, 2015
  12. juanm34

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    I ran ballstreams through my pc to TV (hdmi) and had no problems.
    Had minor lagging but I switched up to a wired feed instead of wifi and the lagging stopped. Will run again this year. Can't beat it for the price and archived games.
     
    #92 juanm34, Sep 3, 2015
  13. tiger0330

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    Unless they're paying royalty fees to the NBA there's no question it's illegal. Quite a well run site for a seemingly illegal operation though, numerous viewing options from Roku, Flash, VLC, XBox, Playstation. I've never used it but the feedback I see here tells you it's a sophisticated high bandwidth streaming site that has some big money behind it.
     
    #93 tiger0330, Sep 3, 2015
  14. glimmertwins

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    I thought I read that one of the changes of NBA League Pass this year is that while regional blackouts still apply, you will now get archived versions of the nationally televised games. I'm okay with that because I rarely watch a game in real time anyway - it's normally a day or two later when I can fit it into my schedule. If this isn't true, then this really does suck because I only turn on my TV to watch NBA or play video games so I recently cut my ties with cable/dish.
     
    #94 glimmertwins, Sep 3, 2015
  15. glimmertwins

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    Ahhh yes - here it is in the fine print:


    ...so basically you get nationally televised games 3 hours after completion and locally televised games, 72 hours after completion. I don't think that's an outrageous alternative for $200/year for all the games(including playoffs).

    Total conjecture, but I wouldn't be surprised if the NBA and Apple have something cooked up for an NBA app available on the new Apple TV. The Sept 9th announce date seems to coincide nicely for the start of the NBA season and the NBA earlier this summer announced support of an Apple Watch app, and they have started accepting apple pay in NBA arenas.
     
    #95 glimmertwins, Sep 3, 2015
  16. Amel

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    its probably best to use VPN just to buy internationally. Like using Indonesia as country and paying $100 for the full package.

    You still can stream even if you are in the US. No need to hide ip
     
    #96 Amel, Sep 3, 2015
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    Taking content that they don't own, retransmitting it, and earning $$ through the process,,,,,, how can it possibly be legal.
     
    #97 hlcc, Sep 3, 2015
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    But the upside is...you live in freakin' Costa Rica.

    Only one of the most amazingly beautiful places in the world.
     
    #98 aussie rocket, Sep 4, 2015
  19. WestendMassive

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    Yep the first year I had ILP it was $199 for premium, and was $120 if you only wanted to watch one team

    I couldn't believe it when they jacked it up to $300, absolute rort.

    I'm thinking of doing the VPN trick to get a better ILP price this year though, the HD and replays without timeouts and ad breaks makes it much better than Ballstreams.

    Getting home from work and watching a game in just over an hour is way better than watching a full length game with ads and timeouts.

    Or maybe I should stop being such a tightass and fork out my $300 hahahaha
     
    #99 WestendMassive, Sep 4, 2015
  20. CantGoLeft

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    Does anyone know who's actually running Ballstreams? They say the servers are in the Netherlands but who is actually profiting from the service? I'm just saying the people using the service need to think about your politics and beliefs. Who knows you could be supporting the North Korean gov, the Russians, terrorists? As it hasn't been shutdown yet so it's probably some big government protecting the service.
     
    #100 CantGoLeft, Sep 4, 2015
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