Piracy (beoutQ): seven major football rights holders consider a complaint in S. Arabia impossible

"We, the rights holders of various football competitions, collectively condemn in the strongest possible terms the ongoing theft of our intellectual property by the pirate broadcaster known as 'beoutQ' and call on the authorities in Saudi Arabia (KSA) to support us in ending the widespread and flagrant breaches of our intellectual property rights taking place in the country," stated FIFA, UEFA, the AFC, the Premier League, LaLiga, the DFL and the Lega Serie A in a joint statement on 31/07/2019.

"Since May 2018, we have collectively been working with an international legal counsel to monitor and compile evidence against beoutQ, whose broadcasts are regularly and on an industrial scale made available on an illegal basis. Following thorough analysis by technical experts of how beoutQ operates from a technical perspective, we are satisfied that beoutQ is operating specifically to target customers in KSA and is utilising the facilities of at least one KSA-based entity," stated the seven rights holders.

"As copyright holders we have reached the conclusion, regrettably, that it is now…