FILE PHOTO: World Cup 2018 final match, being pirated by beoutQ as seen at beIN Media Group's anti-piracy lab in Doha, Qatar, in this undated handout image, obtained by Reuters on December 18, 2018. beIN Media Group/Handout via REUTERS A
(Reuters) - Several soccer governing bodies and rights holders issued a joint statement on Wednesday to collectively condemn what they called the theft of their intellectual property by channel beoutQ, which carried pirated broadcasts of global sports events to which Qatar-based broadcaster beIN Sports held the rights.
World soccer ruling body FIFA, continental bodies Europe's UEFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and major European soccer leagues such as the English Premier League, Spain's La Liga, Germany's Bundesliga and Italy's Serie A have called on authorities in Saudi Arabia (KSA) to take action.
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