And this week MPs continued to use their powers to curb piracy.
As reported by the EU Reporter website, a report was approved on Tuesday April 13th calling for the immediate removal of illegal live streams.
MEPs are calling for concrete measures to be implemented to ensure that online services switch off an illegal live stream when they are notified.
The illegal live stream should be removed within minutes, at the latest 30 minutes after the start of the event.
These deactivation notifications can be sent as streaming services, but they can also be sent to hosting providers.
Adrián Vázquez Lázara, chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee, said the specific aim was “to fight these thousands and thousands of illegal broadcasters.” [who] Get the signal from various sporting events across Europe and broadcast illegally. “
