The European Commission opened a consultation period on Friday 13 January with the aim of developing a toolkit to combat piracy and the illegal streaming of live content, including sports events.
As part of this initiative, stakeholders concerned with live content piracy are invited to express their views on the scale of the phenomenon, the effectiveness of dynamic and live blocking injunctions, the related procedural safeguards guaranteeing fundamental rights and existing anti-piracy practices. The consultation also includes a section on the role of national competent authorities.
The contributions received will feed into the Commission’s work, which should lead to the adoption of a recommendation on the subject in the near future, as announced in its work programme for 2023.
The Commission is expected to focus on the importance of promptly removing content identified as an unauthorised broadcast of a live event.
In addition, the future recommendation should also consider the possible remedies available under existing legislation, such as the directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (2004/48/EC), the Digital Services Act (DSA) (see EUROPE 13068/6) or the directive on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (2001/29/EC).
See the consultation: https://aeur.eu/f/4wh (Original version in French by Thomas Mangin)