Last summer, the Football Association Premier League Limited assembled a team of corporate lawyers and headed for the High Court in Dublin. Their purpose? Putting a stop to illegal streaming of Premier League matches in Ireland. The defendants — who did not oppose the case — were the Irish internet service providers (ISPs): Eir, Sky, Virgin, and Vodafone. One year later, the four providers have again been named as defendants in another case over illegal streaming in the Irish courts. Only this time the plaintiff is not the FA, but Uefa, the governing body of European football. Uefa has retained…

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