Challenges facing sports event organisers in the digital environment
Piracy of online broadcast of sports events is a problem in the EU. No action at EU level in this field would lead to additional burdens on economic operators and would hamper completion of the Digital Single Market. This European Added Value Assessment (EAVA) looks at the existing EU legislation and checks if it provides sports events organizers and their licensees with an adequate level of protection against this risk. It also presents potential EU level action that could help solve the problem and estimates economic benefits of addressing the problem.
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The legal analysis in this European added value assessment was written by Prof. Paolo Marzano, Gabriella Rubino and Francesca Cordova of Legance – Avvocati Associati and by Andrea Giulia Monteleone, assistant researcher at LUISS Guido Carli University, at the request of the European Added Value Unit (EPRS). The introductory analysis was drafted by Lauro Panella of EPRS, with Matteo Firrito.