"Piracy costs us €400m/year in Spain and €600m/year internationally" (Javier Tebas)

"We estimate that piracy costs us nearly €400m a year in Spain alone, and nearly €600m a year internationally," indicated Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, at Sportel Asia, Macao (special administrative region of China), on 06/03/2019.

"We are the owners of content so we need to protect it. If we want the value to remain or be improved we have to protect against piracy, otherwise the broadcasters will pay less. There are some competitors who don’t share this concept. They see the broadcasters as the holders of the rights so they don't protect them like we are doing," said Javier Tebas.

"We need to understand the business of piracy. The companies who are streaming content, what is their business model? Because if you understand their business model you will be able to design strategies to combat them," added the president of LaLiga.

Find below the interview of Javier Tebas granted to News Tank Football, on 19/02/2019.

The fight against piracy, one of the themes addressed by Javier Tebas at Sportel Asia on 06/03/2019

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