EU Lawmakers Weigh Binding 30-Minute Live-Streaming Takedown Mandates Amid Mounting Overblocking Concerns

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s ongoing battle against live-streaming piracy has reached a critical juncture. For years, major sports leagues, broadcasting conglomerates, and intellectual property rightsholders have lobbied Brussels for urgent, decisive, and harmonized legislation to stem the financial bleeding caused by unauthorized pirate streams. While the European Commission took a step forward in 2023…

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The Battle for the Broadcast: New EU Study Proposes Sweeping 30-Minute Takedown Mandates to Crush Live-Streaming Piracy

Executive Overview The European Union stands at a pivotal crossroads in the ongoing digital war against intellectual property theft. For years, sports leagues, television networks, and exclusive rights-holding conglomerates have mounted relentless pressure on the European Commission, demanding urgent, aggressive, and unified interventions to suppress the rampant unauthorized live-streaming of major sporting events and premium…

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