The sports broadcasting piracy network Streameast has been shut down after it was investigated for a year by a US-based anti-piracy group. Streameast is the largest illegal sports streaming platform in the world, and while active it offered its users free access to 80 unauthorised domains. This allowed people to pirate live soccer matches from the Premier League and Champions League, as well as NFL, NBA and MLB games. According to ACE, annual traffic to the site topped 1.6 billion visits.
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), which describes itself as the "world’s leading content protection coalition dedicated to combatting the illegal acts of digital piracy," cooperated with Egyptian law enforcement on a sting that took place on August 24. ACE comprises more than 50 global entertainment companies and studios, including Disney, HBO, Fox, Netflix and Sony Pictures.
As reported by The Athletic, two men in Sheikh Zayed City — part of the Greater Cairo urban area — were arrested on suspicion of copyright infringement and have been detained. Laptops and smartphones were seized in the raid, and according to The Athletic, investigators discovered links between Streameast and a shell company in the UAE allegedly used to launder advertising revenue of more than $6 million over the last 15 years.
Streameast’s original domain is no longer active, but according to The Athletic’s report, there may now be a number of copycat sites seeking to fill the void left by the now defunct streaming platform. ACE told the sports journalism outlet that it's aware of these sites and is investigating whether they’re related.
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