This book argues that the audio and audiovisual content covering a sports event is - in principle - protected under the general rubric of copyright laws, yet that such protection is not spelled out. In order to prove their ownership and right to copyright protection, the owners of sports media rights either argue such protection and ownership before a court using the broader principles defining works protected by copyright law such as the protection of broadcasts, or using the provisions of other laws such as civil law or contract law. In response, this book proposes that copyright law...