FIFA, NFL Ask U.S. to Keep Saudi Arabia on Watchlist Over Piracy - Bloomberg:
Global sports bodies asked the U.S. to keep Saudi Arabia on its higher-priority watch list of nations that don’t adequately protect intellectual-property rights because of what they say is unchecked content piracy in the kingdom.
The International Olympic Committee, global soccer governing-body FIFA, Europe’s UEFA, and a coalition representing U.S. sports organizations including the National Football League are among those that have written in recent weeks to the U.S. Trade Representative as part of its annual review to identify countries that deny adequate protection of IP rights. The USTR holds hearings on the so-called special 301 review in Washington Wednesday.
Global sports bodies say Saudi Arabia-based beoutQ tapped illegally into coverage of their top events and sold it on to viewers across the Middle East. Qatar, whose beIN Media Group LLC holds the rights to most soccer games, tennis matches and motor races, says beoutQ has pirated much of its content, adding Saudi Arabia is behind the operation. The Saudi authorities denied the allegation and said they were combating piracy.
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