The EU’s High-Stakes Battle Against Live-Streaming Piracy: A Push for Binding Regulations and the Controversial 30-Minute Takedown Timer
Executive Overview For years, sports federations, major broadcasting networks, and rightsholders have sounded alarm bells over the rampant, highly profitable underground economy of unauthorized live-streaming. Despite mounting pressure, the European Union’s approach to tackling digital piracy has long been criticized as fragmented, sluggish, and fundamentally ill-equipped to combat the blistering speed of modern live broadcasts….
