article_snippet.sent: A pub landlord convicted of showing Premier League football matches on foreign TV channels has won an eight-year legal battle to clear A pub landlord convicted of showing Premier League football matches on foreign TV channels name.
article_snippet.sent: The European court decision in 2012 cleared a landlady of a criminal conviction, but judges left the door open for court action against publicans by ruling pubs should get permission from the copyright owner before screening matches.
article_snippet.sent: the Premier League has since been taking landlords to civil courts for breaching copyright, with some ordered to pay up to £65,000 in costs.
article_snippet.sent: the Premier League sends teams of investigators to pubs around the country to try and catch those screening games illegally.
article_snippet.sent: Legal cases have  been brought against 250 bars and pubs during the current football season.
article_snippet.sent: Despite The European court decision in 2012, the Premier League has insisted pubs still cannot show foreign-TV footage of the Premier League games.
article_snippet.sent: Since The European court decision in 2012, the European Court is taking landlords to civil courts and suing landlords using copyright laws, which were not affected by the previous ruling.
article_snippet.sent: A recent investigation by trade publication, The Morning Advertiser, quoted a pub landlord saying Sky Sports cost him £16,000-a-year, compared to the £300-per-year of screening a pub landlord saying Sky Sports cost him £16,000-a-year illegally.
article_snippet.sent: Despite a European Court of Justice ruling, the Premier League can still take pub owners to civil courts over breach of copyright .
highlights_snippet.sent: Landlord was convicted and fined for showing Albanian footage of games .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Premier League still taking landlords to civil court using copyrights laws .