Wednesday, July 6, 2022 – The Europe football governing body UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) has lauded a move by a Kenyan court to block out all websites infringing on copyrighted Tv sports content in the country.
The blocking exercise which commenced recently was purely started to protect content owners of their broadcast rights.
In June 22, MultiChoice Kenya, with support from UEFA, managed to secure a historic ruling from the High Court in Kenya which required a series of internet service providers ISP to disconnect all websites that perpetrate sports pirate for financial reasons without having acquired proper licensing.
In 2019, Multichoice Kenya filed a legal suit seeking to compel ISPs to restrict live sports streaming services on their networks.
And following an initial interim phase of the court process, the High Court, on June 23, 2022, finally imposed a permanent injunction compelling certain ISPs in Kenya to permanently block the unscrupulous sports pirate websites.
Commenting on the matter, MultiChoice Kenya Managing Director, Nancy Matimu said with this court verdict, Kenya had now become a safe haven for many business due to protection of their intellectual property will be protected.