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World Cup 2022: Morocco Cracks Down on Illegal Streaming Sites Ahead of Tournament
Saturday 19 November 2022, by
Moroccans will not be able to follow the official matches of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, whose kick-off is scheduled for Sunday, November 20, on the main piracy websites of sports content in Morocco. Unless they subscribe to the legal offers.
Bad news for Moroccans fond of free sports streaming sites in Morocco. In a statement, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) announced on Friday that it had closed free sports streaming sites in Morocco that were able to attract multiple viewers and record 20.6 million visits per month on November 11, just a few days before the World Cup in Qatar, which is expected to attract an estimated 5 billion viewers.
The piracy operation mainly targeted the content of the global sports channel beIN SPORTS, which joined the ACE in April and contributed to the closure of these piracy sites in Morocco, the same source said.
"Our success in closing piracy sites in Morocco is due to our focus on combating the growing risks of sports content piracy to consumers, sports leagues and viewers," said Jan van Vooren, Executive Vice President and Head of Content Protection at the Motion Picture Association and Chairman of the ACE. And he added: "Our cooperation with beIN SPORTS, as a member of the alliance, sends a clear message to all content pirates around the world that we will not tolerate their detection and closure, especially those planning to steal the content of the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup matches."