The DCMA and perhaps some earlier electronic circumvention laws make this act a very real breach of US law. Publicly stating it is a bit dangerous and could cost the author if the NFL decided to pursue a case. How crazy is that?
Of course, while illegal, I personally think it is very RIGHT.
Talking about "right" in regards to copyright law is a bit sticky given that the entire legal underpinning is 'how long ago do we have to extend it to keep Mickey Mouse in ABC/Disney's IP portfolio".
* Sunday Ticket is free for DirecTV users
* Sunday Ticket is $40/season with the purchase of $60 Madden 25 (meaning, $100/total for the whole season of Sunday Ticket), and does not require a cable/satellite package of any kind
* NFL Rewind offers all games and condensed games next-day (not live) for $40/season (or $10/mo)
* HDTV Bunny Ears or Aereo will provide local in-market games for free (or the cost of Aereo)
* Many games are broadcast online for free on NFL.com or through the website of the network showing the game, like Fox or CBS
And I'm sure there are other options, too.
My friends and I are discussing the NFL Rewind option, while it's not live, it does include condensed games which is great for fantasy players with lots of players across lots of teams.
No, it is $60 per month or $300 / season.
> Sunday Ticket is $40/season with the purchase of $60 Madden 25 (meaning, $100/total for the whole season of Sunday Ticket), and does not require a cable/satellite package of any kind
That's a little misleading. A) It sold out before the season began. B) The cost is $100, because for people like me who don't own an XBOX or PS3 and bought the game for the coupon, I now have a game I'm never going to play. I shouldn't have any issues selling it, but it will be at a used game price.
Also, you are supposed to only be allowed the streaming option only if you can't get DirecTV service, which most people in the US can. IMO, skirting that rule (as I've done) is no better/worse than using a European IP. You are either being dishonest to the NFL, or to DirecTV.
> HDTV Bunny Ears or Aereo will provide local in-market games for free (or the cost of Aereo)
As they have for 40+ years. This discussion isn't about in-market games, it's for out-of-market. Also, depending on who you talk to (certainly the networks and the NFL), Aereo is considered cheating.
> Many games are broadcast online for free on NFL.com or through the website of the network showing the game, like Fox or CBS
No, many aren't. Some are. But the key is I want to watch my team every week, and my team (as most) only play a few primetime games per season, which tend to be streamed.
To conclude, I'm a avid sports fan who lives out of market, and I pay for the MLB package, the MLS package, various college sports subscriptions, and have paid the $300 for DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket in the past. I'm happy to pay for my sports, and I'd love to pay the NFL a reasonable price for an NFL package, but since they don't offer one, I have to resort to cheating DirecTV.
I literally have never met someone who pays the $300 for Sunday Ticket, and I've never heard of DirectTV enforcing the $300 price tag. Sounds like you've had some terrible luck.
I notice you replied to everything except for Rewind.
The fact remains that there are many options depending on device, and the fact that you don't realize the price of DirectTV Sunday Ticket tells me that you seem to be more willing to cheat them than to find the right deal.
Seriously, if you want to cheat DirectTV call them up, go to retentions for cancelling service, and get FREE (or heavily discounted) Sunday Ticket, just like many others.
Your entire first post was about getting NFL content without cheating (see: "The NFL goes to GREAT LENGTHS to make content available to you without cheating"). Whether you are dishonest to DirecTV's retention dept, or you are dishonest about your IP location, or are dishonest about your ability to get DirecTV service, or a slew of any other methods, it all involves being dishonest to someone.
The root problem is there is no way to get out of market games without resorting to cheating. Every other American sports league offers this type of subscription package.
The NFL has stated they're shopping the exclusivity of Sunday Ticket to carriers other than DirecTV starting next season. Hopefully that is the case so they can address this glaring hole.
> I notice you replied to everything except for Rewind.
I ignored Rewind because that doesn't involve live NFL games.
I mean, go ahead, I justify a large amount of piracy myself, but you sound like someone dismissing a minimum of work (I have to CALL them and ASK to pay less? UGH!) in favor of reverting to piracy.
I find the cognitive dissonance fascinating.
When your internet stream places a PHYSICAL antenna IN-MARKET that only you can access, then you have grounds to call your internet stream equivalent to Aereo. But the fact is, I rent a physical antenna from Aereo to enjoy local broadcast content, while you utilize a (likely foreign and obviously illegal) internet rebroadcast of licensed content.
The amount of cognitive dissonance it takes for you to dismiss basic licensing is fascinating.
Yes, they can bar anyone from buying their product and place whatever restrictions they want. Those restrictions, however, are not fair. They can be wrong but within their rights. Protest is a fair way to express yourself. Not buying and doing without is also a form a protest which is fair as well. At least that's my opinion.
No one is infringing on that right.
The title of this post was originally along the lines of "Avoid NFL blackouts online for just $2/month using domain-specific DNS resolution". That's what this comment is addressing.