How about a private Discord streaming?
It could not be seen by more people than allowed, it would not be public like twich and youtube … I think.
It’s a matter of how many can gain access. You can do private broadcasts on youtube, to specific or select users. However since it is send through the internet to a users home, and there’s no limit to how many could potentially be watching there, it is not legal within the law.
Inviting people over to share the experience on a single screen is considered a private showing, the difference comes if it is a work area or otherwise publicly accessible, ie schools or libraries, or if you host an open event. And when there’s a certain amount of people attending (however unlikely it will be known) it can be considered a violation of the privacy rule.
It is also legal to send your own broadcasts from events to select individuals as long as you don’t broadcast the entirety of the event.
Using Discord would not technically be legal. Kind of like you can’t go to a movie and then privately stream the movie to a few friends online.
Anything that has paid access, companies get fussy if you transmit that for free.
Too bad you can’t just make some nice snacks and invite some friends over for a watch party. That would be totally within the rules.
Dosen’t that apply to things like taking clips of you and your friends cheering on a game, dancing at a festival, etc? So some of the event will be in it, but it is not an attempt to re-transmit the event to those who have not paid. Intent matters for that.
Different countries, i can’t 
So … it is somewhat doubtful… Will it be very difficult to receive a response from a CM?
You have more direct contact with them, right? could you ask them? MissCheetah?
It is up to Blizzard to have their copyright and legal team go after content. Once the event is over, they often figure it is not important to bother spending legal costs over it.
The OP asked if it was legal, and technically no, but it is also valid to ask if it will be enforced.
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You don’t really need a CM 
The Shop Page for the Vticket includes the restrictions.
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EDIT - Parts of the Blizzcon show are FREE. So, those parts that are free are something you can hang out online with friends and share. Opening Ceremonies being free means they can all tune in and you can chat on Discord. Check the Schedule when it comes out so you can see what parts are available for everyone. Some of the esports matches are free too.
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All I know is, the Diablo announcements and panels are on youtube right away, and the quality looks professionally done. 
I looked there, I didn’t find the answer.
It does not specify the case of a private broadcast.
That is why I’m here.
Because ANY broadcast, public or private, is not permitted. If it was just limited to public re-broadcast, it would say so.
The same applies to any pay per view type event. They want people to buy the ticket to view it live, and don’t like it when someone re-broadcasts that content allowing others to avoid paying. Even in private.
Private homes are fine to hang out and have friends view. Using the internet to provide free access and avoid buying a virtual ticket, is not. Discord is not your living room.
I know, I know, but there are cases that should not be allowed and are not specified, such as seeing it in a public place.
That’s why I doubt.
Obviously, as long as I doubt it I will not make a broadcast.
I just want to be sure.
Opening Ceremonies are usually exempt from such things.
Most of this stems from one aspect:
Country. If a person is sharing or streaming to friends that reside in a different country that adds to the complication.
Will Blizzard know if you do this? Probably not, if its privately shared.
But as MissCheetah pointed out, there are free parts of the event you all can just watch together, for free without having to share anything other than voice/cam connection.
Game on.
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Not really. Country does not matter in this case. It is a pay per view event that requires a ticket. Any re-broadcast, public or private, is prohibited.
I did talk to my Customer Service MVP lead but they don’t want to make a public Blue post given they are not part of the Legal department and don’t have a statement prepared that was cleared by Legal.
They feel the info given in this thread is currently accurate and acceptable though. Particularly the reference to the Vticket terms. If they meant only public re-broadcast was prohibited, they would have said so. So, listening to me might be good
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Yes, but it is not the idea, we are a group attached to the rules.
That’s all I need.
Thx.
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Why would you waste 70 bucks on this trash when you can get all the news for free within the hour?
Whatever’s worth knowing will end up plastered all over youtube on the same day.
I thought the VT was only $50 this year?
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$49.99.
Not sure why some are saying $70.00 (link please). Unless $49.99 = $70.00 in another country.
That is my guess. The Virtual Ticket has never been $70 USD, or anything close. It was $39.99 from 2009 to 2016. In 2017 they raised it to $49.99 and added in weeks of extra videos for behind the scenes stuff, lots more stages, events, cameras and interviews, and months of replay access. All the esports stuff is now covered too. Most of those events did not exist when the V ticket started. The early versions were only the main events for two days.
Going from < 50 hours of content to hundreds of hours of content for only $10 more seems ok to me. Those production folks don’t work for free.
Don’t they have cameras?
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It’s 70 bucks in my currency.
Next time why not lead with that? Instead of making it a Troll post? This is a US based website. You could have mentioned that and avoided inflaming others.