A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel told Saudi Arabia on Tuesday it had breached global rules on intellectual property rights by failing to prosecute a pirate broadcaster of sports and movies in a dispute with Gulf neighbour Qatar.
FILE PHOTO: Egyptian clients wait at one of the outlets of Qatari-funded beIN Sports channel in Cairo, Egypt June 12, 2018. Picture taken June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo
Under the agreement, countries need to allow for criminal procedures and penalties to be applied in cases of commercial-scale copyright piracy. David Sugden, senior legal counsel and director of corporate affairs at beIN Media Group, accused Saudi Arabia of continuing “to promote the theft of sports rights” and said the only way Saudi fans could watch such sport was “via illegal means.”
It is blocked in Saudi Arabia under a boycott imposed when Riyadh and its allies severed diplomatic ties with Qatar on June 5, 2017, over Doha’s alleged support of terrorism, which Qatar denies.The ruling comes as Saudi Arabia is in talks over a reported 300 million pound bid to buy English Premier League soccer club Newcastle United.
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