Piracy: UEFA becomes the first sports rights holder to join the global anti-piracy coalition ACE

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UEFA has joined the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) and become "the first exclusive sports rights-holder" to join the global anti-piracy coalition, announced the European confederation on 21/10/2025.

"UEFA will play an active role in ACE’s Live Tier, which enhances and coordinates ACE's efforts to target sports piracy operations and, working with law enforcement and other partners, pursues actions that dismantle illegal operations worldwide. It also reinforces the position of UEFA and UC3 - the entity overseeing the commercialisation of the rights of UEFA's club competitions - at the forefront of global anti-piracy action," explained the European confederation.

The ACE's members include Canal+, Amazon, France Télévisions, Sky, Fox, NBCUniversal and Netflix.

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