The Customs and Excise Department (C&ED) has for the first time invoked "broadcasting rights" to combat cases involving illegal streaming devices used for broadcasting live football matches.
A restaurant in Tung Chung is suspected of using illegal streaming devices and equipment to broadcast overseas football matches to customers without authorization. The restaurant's owner and staff have been arrested.
Chow Lai-man, Senior Inspector of Intellectual Property Technology Crime Investigation Unit 3 stated today (Nov. 25) that this operation is the first to utilize the broadcasting rights under the Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance. It is also the first case targeting restaurant operators for illegally broadcasting football matches to the public, which invokes "broadcasting rights".
Chow mentioned that the C&ED received a tip-off about a restaurant suspected of unauthorized broadcasting of overseas football matches. With the assistance of the copyright holder, law enforcement officers conducted a surprise raid and seized a batch of illegal streaming devices, audio-visual equipment, and network devices, valued at approximately HK$18,000. The restaurant involved is located on the ground floor of a shopping mall in Tung Chung, with seating for 80 to 100 people which offers alcoholic beverages and operates late into the night. During the raid, more than one television was found broadcasting overseas football matches.
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