Rambler media group plans to sue Twitch for US$2.82 bil to defend its exclusive rights. FMTNews Rambler
MOSCOW: A Russian court has blocked access to English Premier League game broadcasts by Amazon’s Twitch after Russia’s Rambler media group said it would sue the video streaming service over pirate broadcasts, the TASS news agency reported.
Rambler plans to sue Twitch for 180 billion roubles in a Russian court for what it said were 36,000 cases in which Twitch had violated its rights to broadcast the soccer games, the Kommersant newspaper reported earlier on Monday. The Moscow District Court said it planned to hear the case on Dec 20. It said it had taken “interim measures” ahead of the hearing, but gave no further details.Rambler confirmed its plans to sue Twitch for damages and said it was holding talks with the service over a possible settlement deal.
“Our suit against Twitch is to defend our exclusive rights to broadcast English Premier League matches and we will continue to actively combat pirate broadcasts,” said Mikhail Gershkovich, head of Rambler Group’s sports projects. “We’re currently holding talks with Twitch to sign a settlement agreement. The service has given us tools to combat pirate broadcasts and we are now only talking about compensation for damages between August and November,” he said.“As regards the sum of the , it was proposed by external lawyers who are running this case. The sum is technical and the maximum possible. It will be altered,” Gershkovich said.
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