SROC welcomes European Parliament vote to combat sports piracy
The Sports Rights Owners’ Coalition strongly commends the adoption of the European Parliament’s decisive vote to adopt its resolution on ‘Challenges of sports events’ organisers in the digital...
View ArticleSROC Letter on Changes to Kenya’s Copyright Bill
On 28 December 2021, the Sports Rights Owner Coalition (SROC) delivered a letter to the Kenyan Parliament about proposed changed to the Copyright Act. SROC members are extremely concerned to learn of...
View ArticleSROC expresses concerns of Live Sports Industry on DSA
The Sports Rights Owners Association (SROC) strongly regrets that the European Parliament (EP) plenary vote on the Digital Services Act (DSA) did not respond to the urgent request from live content...
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EC Work Programme: Lack of Meaningful Action on Piracy Disappointing
As part of the Live Content Coalition, the Sports Rights Owners Coalition has expressed its disappointment following the publication of the European Commission’s Work Programme for 2023. Despite...
View ArticleSROC backs Live Content Coalition call for shorter review of EC piracy...
The Sports Rights Owners Coalition (SROC) has joined with the other members of the Live Content Coalition (LCC) in calling for the European Commission to review its recently published Recommendation...
View ArticleSROC supports AV industry call to vote for culture in EP geoblocking vote
The Sports Rights Owners Coalition has, along with over 600 organisations from across the audiovisual sector, lent its support to a statement that “urges the European Parliament to cast a vote in...
View ArticleTo Geo-enable or not to Geo-enable, this is the question
Mark Lichtenhein, Chairman – Sports Rights Owners Coalition Ever since the advent of the European Union’s Digital Single Market, purists have argued that the same “free movement” principles should...
View ArticleLCC publishes live piracy recommendation state of play
4 November 2024 The Live Content Coalition, of which SROC is a member, has published a study carried out by Grant Thornton showing the current impact of the EC Recommendation on combating online...
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