{"id":551226,"date":"2026-07-15T16:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/551226\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:20:10","slug":"dodgy-box-sellers-face-legal-threat-as-sky-ramps-up-anti-piracy-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/551226\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dodgy box\u2019 sellers face legal threat as Sky ramps up anti-piracy campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-piracy organisation FACT (The Federation Against Copyright Theft) and Sky have\u00a0issued legal warnings to\u00a010 suspected illegal IPTV resellers across Ireland as part of\u00a0the latest phase of their campaign against content piracy.<\/p>\n

Illegal IPTV resellers sell subscriptions directly to members of the public, giving them unauthorised access to premium television, films and live sport.<\/p>\n

The latest enforcement action targeted individuals operating across Carlow, Cork, Dublin, Kildare, Galway, Laois and Limerick.<\/p>\n

The legal warnings were served to the 10 resellers after FACT and Sky investigations identified the individuals and their addresses.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Almost<\/p>\n

Ireland<\/p>\n

Almost 65,000 people add names to opt-out register for organ donation<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

These cease-and-desist notices instructed those targeted to stop selling illegal IPTV subscriptions, commonly known as \u2018dodgy boxes\u2019, immediately or risk further action, including civil proceedings or referral to the garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Collectively, the services are believed to have supplied thousands of end-users, and those accessing illegal services should be aware that their details may be identified and passed to authorities.<\/p>\n

The latest campaign focuses on the supply of illegal subscriptions, demonstrating that resellers continue to face investigations and potential legal action as part of the wider effort to disrupt piracy across Ireland.<\/p>\n

Nick Sumner, FACT Investigation Manager, said: \u201cIllegal streaming depends on a chain of people who promote, sell and provide access to unauthorised content. This latest campaign shows that we will continue targeting every part of that chain.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anti-piracy organisation FACT (The Federation Against Copyright Theft) and Sky have\u00a0issued legal warnings to\u00a010 suspected illegal IPTV resellers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-551226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}