POPULAR Reddit page 'Soccer Streams' has been shut down effectively as the Premier League continues to crack down on pirate broadcasting.
The forum has been closed due to a warning over copyright infringement with the majority of the streams uploaded found to be illegal.
The page had over 425,000 subscribers, with fans flocking to the comment sections to watch their favourite team in action for free.
A moderator post on Saturday said: "We’ve officially reached critical mass.
“I regret to inform you all that a few days ago, the Reddit Admins got in touch with us about an impeding ban of this subreddit if changes weren’t made.
"The only way to save it, from our perspective, was to cease all user related activity here.”
While Reddit warned its users they would be banned should they share links to illegal streams last year.
Their own user agreement states: "Reddit respects the intellectual property of others and requires that users of our Services do the same.
"We have a policy that includes the removal of any infringing materials from the Services and for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of users of our Services who are repeat infringers."
Prem chiefs won a High Court order last July to enable them to block illegal streams by any means.
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Instead of having to target individual websites, broadcasters can now shut down servers at the source.
A Saudi Arabian pirate station faced legal action from the Premier League at the start of the season after they found a way to steal the beIN live feed.
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