BRUSSELS : Sports events organisers such as Sky, Canal+ and FIFA should be allowed to secure injunctions against online piracy of live events, the European Commission said on Thursday, following calls from companies for action against a problem that costs them billions of euros annually.The non-binding re
BRUSSELS : Sports events organisers such as Sky, Canal+ and FIFA should be allowed to secure injunctions against online piracy of live events, the European Commission said on Thursday, following calls from companies for action against a problem that costs them billions of euros annually.
"The Recommendation encourages the use of blocking injunctions tailored to live events and, in the case of live sports events, encourages member states to grant legal standing to sports event organisers to seek an injunction where it is currently not possible," the Commission said in a statement. It cited research from Synamedia in 2021 and Ampere Analysis which estimated a 26 billion-euro loss to sports rights holders due to piracy.
"This essentially allows the present Commission to deliver little to nothing on this issue before the end of this mandate," ACT Director General Gregoire Polad said in a statement.
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