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Police Seize Domain of Frombar Sports Streaming Site

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The popular sports streaming ‘franchise’ SportLemon has lost Frombar.com, one of its main domain names, following a request from the UK’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit. Whether the intervention will prove effective has yet to be seen, as the site is continuing its operations from various alternate domains. […] The sports streaming site is relatively popular, with well over a million visitors per month. For now, these visitors will have to find an alternative as the site currently displays a prominent police banner. “You have tried to access a website that is under criminal investigation by the UK: Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) This site is being investigated for online copyright infringement,” the banner reads. – Ernesto,TorrentFreak  
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UK police arrest man over illegal streaming sites

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City of London Police sent its specialist intellectual property unit to arrest the man at his home, where detectives discovered an “industrial size streaming operation”. This consisted of 12 computer servers streaming sporting events from across the world. The equipment has been confiscated by the police and the man was taken to a local police station for questioning. This is the unit’s third arrest in relation to online streaming, following a recent effort by police to crack down on the practice. – Katie Collins,Wired UK
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