As Kylian Mbappé, Karim Benzema and the others put on their cleats tonight, Champions League broadcasters now have new tools to fight more effectively against the illicit broadcast of their hard-earned streams.
Tonight, the Champions League resumes its rights on Canal+, BeIN Sports and RMC Sport. But if you are not subscribed to one of these broadcasters, it will become more and more complicated to have access to meetings. Following an order signed by the Paris court, the latter have indeed obtained the right to claim from Internet access providers the blocking of sites illegally retransmitting streams “not allowed” of the most prestigious of European cups.
This legal arsenal is allowed by the attributions of Arcom, the new policeman of the audio-visual very recently born from the fusion between the CSA and Hadopi. As we explained to you not long ago, the fight against piracy was immediately designated as the hottest file to manage for the teams of Roch-Olivier Maistre, the boss of Arcom. In particular, the authority has the possibility of creating blacklists of fraudulent sites, which can be fed by external players such as channels.
According to The Team, the broadcasters also have the possibility of acting in summary proceedings to put in place a rapid blocking of the indicted sites. The new legislation gives Arcom the power to block sites that could broadcast streams during the season, even if they are not yet identified in the order.
Canal+ and BeIN rub their hands
Logically, the various actors concerned welcomed this decision. It’s about a “major breakthrough” according to Canal+, which praises “great job” of Arcom, while BeIN Sports believes that this measure “will quickly significantly reduce access to fraudulent sites, less than two months after the entry into force of the law”.
UEFA, which organizes the Champions League, has also announced the use of companies specializing in the fight against piracy to support broadcasters. They will provide them with tools “detection, monitoring and enforcement related to live and non-live pirated content made available on commonly used social media platforms and across all internet platforms and services, such as websites, IPTV services, P2P and unauthorized applications”still according to The Team.