Irish bars in US can show free fixtures

JONJO THE MISER

About time, for those of us who are regular visitors to the usa this is great news because matches will be more widely available and bars can show them without charging.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0310/1224313106027.html

A New York court has made a landmark ruling that gives Irish bars in the US the right to show GAA and other major sporting events free of charge.

Premium Sports, owned by one of the founders of Setanta Sports, Shane O’Rourke, lost a legal challenge against the Old Castle Pub in Manhattan for showing a soccer game between Scotland and Wales on February 13th, 2010. The pub had used a Slingbox device in Dublin to broadcast the game and the court ruled a delay in the transmission meant the pub had not broken any rules.

The pub’s owner, Eugene Rooney, argued the delay meant the transmission was not simultaneous, and therefore not illegal.

A Slingbox is a device that allows you to watch a television remotely via the internet.

Judge Katherine Forrest agreed the transmission, which was shown from an apartment in Dublin, was not the initial transmission, and the pub had not “intercepted” the transmission.

Premium Sports typically charges customers $20 to gain entry to a pub showing games for which they have bought the rights.

RichieC

Hmm, so when i watch the ball on myp2p it should be okay since the delay is usually pretty big.. o.O

Spread

Wiziwig does it for me in the wilds of NH. Generally v clear stream

Chuck Stone

RTE should be a proper PS broadcast channel and there should be a free to view version that could be accessed everywhere on the planet.

Recognition Scene

Great! It is ridiculous charging 20 quid a pop.

MsDarcy

haha great news ...used to work in the Old Castle ...was such an operation sneaking people upstairs to watch the games !

eth0

Feck sake. $20 to sit in a pub, to watch on a screen what is shown for 'free' at home.

The ticket to see the actual game in real life wouldn't cost a whole lot more

SHOVELLER

Bars over there will still charge the $20.

Seomra Mushie

Chuck Stone wrote: »

RTE should be a proper PS broadcast channel and there should be a free to view version that could be accessed everywhere on the planet.

The BBC doesn't even have that, and they are a proper public service channel.

Firefox11

Do they not show matches live via RTE Player?

PogMoThoin

Firefox11 wrote: »

Do they not show matches live via RTE Player?

Games streamed through the RTE website are geoblocked to ip addresses within Ireland.