15 March 2021CopyrightAlex Baldwin

French court orders group to pay €7m for sports piracy sites

A group of three men responsible for running illegal sports streaming sites have been ordered to pay €7 million ($8.3 million) in damages to Canal+, beIN Sports and RMC Sport by the Rennes Criminal Court.

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