A pub landlady has won her court fight with the English Premier League over using a Greek TV decoder to show games.
Karen Murphy has paid nearly £8,000 in fines and costs for using the cheaper decoder in her Portsmouth pub.
But she took her case to the European Court of Justice (ECJ). It found partly in her favour, and now the High Court in London has also found in her favour.
However, the Premier League said it still had the right “to prevent the unauthorized use of our copyrights”.
The complicated case has been closely watched as it could trigger a major shake-up in the way football TV rights are sold, and potentially pave the way to cheaper viewing of foreign broadcasts for fans of top-flight English games.
Friday’s concession comes after a European Court of Justice found partly in favour of Murphy in October.
(source: BBC)
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