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<p>Officials in the Intellectual Property Office work closely with their counterparts
in the Department for International Trade work, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on matters relating to the
protection of intellectual property (IP) rights around the world.</p><p> </p><p>Government
Ministers and HM Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have raised this matter
with the Saudi Arabian Government and will continue to make representations about
any alleged broadcast infringement activities of UK IP.</p><p> </p><p>We understand
broadcasting piracy in Saudi Arabia, through the pirate operator beoutQ, has now stopped.
This followed pressure by the UK, the US, European countries, and major sports rights
holders.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to with the UK creative industries
to try to understand the commercial effect of the alleged piracy by beoutQ.</p>
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