How France is tackling sports piracy

Due to the value of audiovisual rights to sports events, broadcasting has become a leading part of the sports industry’s income. However, premium sports content has a short-term value since the main economic value is consumed once the event is over.

In view of this, piracy of sport events is the main concern for organisers and their licensees (ie, the broadcasters). The issues raised by Hadopi (the French authority in charge of fighting piracy) linked to audiovisual sports content piracy are the following: