Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001512/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski (PPE), Hannes Heide (S&D), Nikola Minchev (Renew), Emma Rafowicz (S&D), Sabine Verheyen (PPE), Hélder Sousa Silva (PPE), Maravillas Abadía Jover (PPE), Adrián Vázquez Lázara (PPE), Sunčana Glavak (PPE), Laurence Farreng (Renew), Marcos Ros Sempere (S&D), Zoltán Tarr (PPE), Nikos Pappas (The Left), Axel Voss (PPE), José Cepeda (S&D)
In May 2023, the Commission issued a recommendation aimed at combating the unauthorised retransmission of sports and other live events. This non-legislative act sought to enhance the protection of live content.
The Commission indicated that it ‘will assess whether additional measures are needed at Union level’, including legislative, ‘taking due account of the findings of the EUIPO Observatory’. Executive Vice-President Virkkunen pledged to ‘consider additional measures if these recommendations do not have the expected impact’.
However, the Commission has been postponing a robust response to the endemic issue of online piracy for many years.
Efficient and enforceable measures mandating online intermediaries to suspend illegal retransmissions before the end of the live window are crucial to protect the viability of the live events industry in Europe.
- 1.What concrete steps is the Commission taking to prepare for the 17 November 2025 deadline?
- 2.Will the Commission take legislative action in the realm of online piracy of live content?
Submitted: 12.4.2025