{"id":281485,"date":"2026-02-09T01:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T01:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/281485\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T01:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T01:53:09","slug":"public-broadcaster-warns-against-leaks-of-israels-eurovision-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/281485\/","title":{"rendered":"Public broadcaster warns against leaks of Israel\u2019s Eurovision song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Public broadcaster Kan issued on Sunday a stern warning against the unauthorized publication of <a id=\"SJhSmo003IPWx\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/culture\/article\/byhpa007dwl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the country\u2019s upcoming Eurovision entry<\/a>, saying any leak of the song could harm Israel\u2019s standing in the competition and expose the broadcaster to serious consequences.<\/p>\n<p>In a sharply worded letter, Kan said that \u201cany unauthorized publication of the song will constitute a severe violation of the rights of the corporation, the artist and the song\u2019s creators.\u201d The letter further warned that legal action would be taken against any party that publishes the song without approval.<\/p>\n<p>Kan officials expressed concern that the track may have passed through multiple hands prior to its selection and could be leaked on social media. They emphasized that publication before the song is formally approved by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) could cause \u201cirreparable harm,\u201d including potential sanctions by the EBU, and could damage Israel\u2019s participation in the contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unauthorized release of the song, before it receives EBU approval, could result in significant damage to the corporation, the performer, the songwriters and Israel\u2019s representation at Eurovision,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>One of Kan\u2019s main concerns is that an early leak might even lead to the song\u2019s disqualification, prompting the broadcaster to issue what it described as an unusually harsh legal warning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Public broadcaster Kan issued on Sunday a stern warning against the unauthorized publication of the country\u2019s upcoming Eurovision&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-281485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}