Premier League fixture lists - Copyright infringement?

That_Guy

I think Charlie pointed this out last year but apparently posting fixture lists on websites/forums is a copyright infringement unless your website/blog has a licence granted to publish them.

http://www.searchcowboys.com/yahoo/242

n the UK Yahoo! Is being sued by the British Football authorities. Yahoo is publishing the fixtures of the games in the English Premier League, other English leagues and the Scottish Premier League on its website without permission.

Yahoo is being accused of “infringing their copyright and database rights.”. If it’s up to the Football Association wants Yahoo! to stop publishing the fictures and says Yahoo! will have to pay up for “unlimited damages”.

According to the FA Yahoo are not licensed to publish the fixtures. The fixtures are scheduled by Atos Origin and then checked by the FA and the clubs to see if there are no ‘issues’. Only then the fixtures will be released in a press release. Only parties with a paid license can publish the fixtures.

The fixtures are published tomorrow so I just thought I'd bring it to people's attention just in case boards should get sued.

Cypher_sounds

WTF thats a load of bs

Headshot

boards are good for it

Mitch Connor

iirc you can post part of them on sites, but not full lists.

That_Guy

Cypher_sounds wrote: »

WTF thats a load of bs

I know. Something to do with database copyright or something.

pickarooney

What about if you change the names of the teams slightly, or abbreviate them?
Bunch of cock, just like their preciously guarded post-code database.

Are we allowed comment on the fact that it's a scandal how they rig the schedules of all the matches?

MementoMori

Massive twatism by the FA imo.

Would hope that any court case gets thrown out and costs are awarded against the FA.

That_Guy

pickarooney wrote: »

What about if you change the names of the teams slightly, or abbreviate them?
Bunch of cock, just like their preciously guarded post-code database.

Do a Pro Evo on it.

Example; Merseyside Red - Liverpool
Tyneside - Newcastle
etc

therecklessone

MementoMori wrote: »

Massive twatism by the FA imo.

Would hope that any court case gets thrown out and costs are awarded against the FA.

Not the FA who hold jurisdiction, it is the Premier League.

The Muppet

It doesn't stop us posting copyrighted images of club crests in match thread, sure we'll be grand.

therecklessone

The Muppet wrote: »

It doesn't stop us posting copyrighted images of club crests in match thread, sure we'll be grand.

The PL are incredibly anal about this issue, and do pursue sites that breach copyright aggressively.

Ridiculous.

The Muppet

rarnes1 wrote: »

Ridiculous.

Perhaps, but true.

Drag00n79

They're all here on the Premier League site.

The Volt

Everton/Chelsea on the last day. Title decider :pac:

matrim

For anyone wondering how they pick the fixture list here's an interesting article from last year

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/06/secrets_of_the_fixture_compute.html

Davidth88

Wow great article

the_monkey

MementoMori wrote: »

Massive twatism by the FA imo.

Would hope that any court case gets thrown out and costs are awarded against the FA.

twatism !!!

I love it !!

my new word