Pubs that broadcast football via a European satellite feed could face prosecution again following a High Court ruling last week.
The Premier League released statement warning pubs that it will resume prosecutions in such cases.
It had stopped pursuing them while high profile cases involving licensee Karen Murphy and the supplier QC Leisure was going through the courts.
But on Friday a High Court judge ruled that licensees screening such feeds could be in breach of copyright if official logos and anthems are screened.
The Premier League statement said: “Lord Justice Kitchin's judgment is consistent with the ECJ (European Court of Justice) ruling. It is clear that the law gives us the right to prevent the unauthorised use of our copyrights in pubs and clubs when they are communicated to the public without our authority.
"We will now resume actions against publicans who are using European Economic Area foreign satellite systems to show Premier League football on their premises unlawfully and without our authority.”
A spokesman for Sky added it would work with the Premier League to “do all it can to protect its commercial customers by taking action against those who do not have an appropriate subscription.”
The Karen Murphy case returns to the High Court later this month.
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