The European Court of Justice ruling on 4 October 2011 is a veritable cannonball in the waters of the current system of European football TV rights distribution and commerce.
The above sentence resolves the preliminary issues raised in two English jurisdiction claims over Premier League rights by various pubs and individuals whose Greek decoders watched English League matches on the Nova platform within English borders. This is not only in breach of Exclusive Chain’s exclusive chain rights in the UK, but also contravenes domestic UK regulations 스포츠중계 the importation, sale and use of foreign decoders in the UK.
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The court’s answers to the above questions are the main questions the court considers. First, the court asks whether foreign decoders, those obtained from a false address and phone number (as is) or those used in contravention of a contractual restriction for private use, should be treated as an “unlawful entity” as defined in the stipulation. Directive 98/84 / EC on the legal protection of access control services or on the basis of such access. Referring to that, and the definition of “illegal device” in the above-mentioned Directive, “any computer equipment or program intelligibly designed or manufactured without the authorization of the provider of a protected service”, it concludes, is “unlawful” in any of the three cases apparatus” was not used, as there was no apparatus “treated or modified” for this purpose.
As a result of the above
The Court understands that any internal regulations opposing the use of external decoders, including those obtained from false addresses and telephone numbers or used in violation of contractual restrictions, do not violate the Access Control Directive . Within the scope of this Directive.
