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14 June 2019Copyright

French court finds Arabsat distributed pirate content

Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports is claiming a major victory after it announced that a French court had found Saudi-headquartered satellite distributor Arabsat to be involved in the alleged piracy operation beoutQ.

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