“FAPL” is the governing body of the football competition known as the Premier League. FAPL owns the copyright in films comprising television footage of all Premier League matches, and in artistic works which appear within that footage. By its claim FAPL sought an injunction against the six main retail internet service providers (“ISPs”) in the United Kingdom pursuant to section 97A of the CDPA 1988, which implements Article 8(3) of the Information Society Directive, requiring the defendants in this case to take measures to block, or at least impede, access by their customers to streaming servers which deliver infringing live streams of Premier League footage to UK consumers.
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