Piracy: "Arabsat deeply regrets irresponsible statements made by FIFA and other federations"

"The Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) is pleased to announce a new ruling by a another independent French court upholding the previous ruling which dismissed all claims by beIN Sports against the organization and rejecting an appeal attempt by beIN (see below)," stated the Saudi satellite operator Arabsat on 19/09/2019.

beIN Sports has not made an appeal of the legal decision, but has requested a material error correction of the ruling on 13/06/2019 (see below).

"In addition to welcoming the new favorable ruling by another French court, Arabsat would also like to confirm receiving unprecedented financial compensation from beIN Sports network, which was imposed by the court. This clearly proves the falsehood of claims and vindicates Arabsat's position against these irresponsible accusations," said Arabsat, on 19/09/2019, following the publication of a report on the activities of the Saudi pirate entity beoutQ published by the American firm MarkMonitor, and commissioned jointly by FIFA, UEFA, the AFC, the Premier League, LaLiga, the DFL, the Lega Serie A and the…