With the start of the Major League Baseball season I have been looking for ways to watch the games. I found a way which I would have to pay 20 dollars a month for, but there are no free options. I also realized that this service (MLB TV) was the only one that offers to stream the games. This got me thinking about the copyright laws that are probably involved with MLB TV. Since there are no other services this MLB TV must have the exclusive rights to film the games and stream them online. I already knew it was illegal to tape a game on TV but this made me realize that it is probably illegal for any company aside from MLB TV to stream the games live. How does this work though?
I wonder how things like DVR work into this, where a program is recorded and saved on the device. Or remotes that allow you to pause and forward through programs. Would these also be illegal?