Combating Online Piracy of Sports Broadcasts

In a recent article, an India-based IP expert provides a succinct analysis of challenges facing broadcasters, as online piracy gets better, faster and more widespread.  Says the author, “stakeholders, governments and policy makers in countries that have an established respect for intellectual property are increasingly sensitised to the unique threats posed by such professionally managed pirate operations.”  Noting new enforcement and legislative pushes taking place in the USA, the author observes that “a wide range of third parties (such as CDNs, ISPs and domain registries) are involved behind the scenes at each stage of the (piracy) process, many of them based in countries with more progressive intellectual property laws,” and this may provide levers for future actions.   Read the entire article here.