Sports piracy/France: 1,250 illegal websites blocked by Arcom in 2022

Arcom has blocked 1,250 sites illegally broadcasting sports competitions during the year 2022, announced the French regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication on 20/12/2022. 

"Over the period from 01/01 to 15/12/2022, Arcom received more than 80 referrals relating to 16 sports competitions, for a total of 739 domain names notified by the Authority to Internet service providers for blocking. In total, added to the services blocked in execution of the initial judicial decisions, 1,250 illegal sites have been blocked since the beginning of 2022," explained Arcom.

The system to combat piracy of sports broadcasts in France (adopted in October 2021) has been effective since the creation of Arcom on 01/01/2022.

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