EPL sue's Youtube

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Here we go again, the big business getting scared they are losing a few quid (just like cassettes and mp3s)

you watch, give it a year or so and there will be a PL website offering streaming clips of footy (probably have to pay for it!)

What harm are the youtube videos really doing... most of them are tiny, bad quality little videos.
 
Except basically provide free advertising for the shows the clips are from???

No harm whatsoever. They just want to get in on Google's billions made from the advertising traffic they get from these clips.
 
IMO its such small minded businessmanship, like the record companies blaming mp3s for them losing money when in fact, its just them making shitty SHITTY records thats to blame.
 
Hang on a sec, isn't all the EPL broadcast content the responsibility of News Corp??? Ie Fox/Sky?? And they have a deal with Youtube.

Dammit, this really is the Premier League trying to get some money for the sake of it. :mad:
 

No idea to be honest, but either way aren't they biting the hand that feeds them? (the fan!)
 
the music industry suffered because for far too long it was a gravy train for fat suits with gray hair in a pony tail, middle manning on the back of genuine artists.

musicians make little (usually) from albums sales, its air play where the money comes from.

if CDs cost only the price of manufacture and a small amount to the artist per disc then consumers might be tempted back into paying for the product. as it is now, i'd rather download an album than pay £14 that could better go toward something else - be it pints in the pub or towards a matchday ticket.

back to football and google, it was a good shout that the PL would have its own highlights website, it would mean renegotiating the rights from clubs though, because all clubs have their own version of evertonTV where fans around the world and in britain can sign up and watch game highlights the day after the game was played.

In theory, if the online video streaming websites are taking viewers/money from anywhere, its from clubs currently. but i cant see clubs kicking up a fuss because it would seem selfish on their part towards their own fans.
 
You think thats bad?

I got threatend by the FA once for displaying a fixture list without a license.

Unofficial, none-profit websites have to pay 3 figure £ sums to display a list of when their team plays. Disgusting.
 
should have altered it slightly,

jaanuary
febbruary
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or used names like toon/magpies, the [Poor language removed], man ure, etc.
 
SuitsBlue said:
should have altered it slightly,

jaanuary
febbruary
marrch

or used names like toon/magpies, the [Poor language removed], man ure, etc.
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Yup easy way around it. Use little gifs images of club shirts instead of team names.
 

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