English Premier LeagueJudge Tosses Some Copyright Damages Claims Against YouTubeAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 8, 2009 - 9:21am.
New York
- A federal judge has tossed some of the copyright-related claims of damages
against Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube filed by a number of foreign rights owners. U.S. District Judge
Louis Stanton ruled that statutory and punitive damages could not be claimed by
the U.K.-based Football Association Premier League, as its copyrights were not
registered in the U.S.
Justin.tv Gets Legal Threats Over Soccer Match Webcam FeedsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 3, 2008 - 11:28am.
San Francisco - Personal video webcasting service Justin.tv has been served with legal threats by the broadcast rights owners to the English Premier League, Britain's top soccer league, CNET News.com reports. Setanta Sports has threatened to sue San Francisco-based Justin.tv, which allows anyone to broadcast a live video feed from their computer webcams, because some users have pointed their webcams at their televisions during soccer matches -- essentially offering a pirated transmission of a pay-TV signal. One such recent webcam feed of a Manchester United match drew over 167,000 hits. tags: Sports | Video | Law | Lawsuits | TV | Copyright | Setanta Sports | English Premier League | Justin.tv |
Nimbus Sport Acquires Internet, Mobile Rights for English Premier LeagueAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 13, 2007 - 1:48pm.
Mumbai, India - Nimbus Sport, an India-based online and mobile sports broadcaster, announced that it has acquired the rights to broadcast English Premier League soccer matches via Internet and mobile platforms in 80 countries for the next three years. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal includes much of Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Brazil and European nations including Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece and Belgium. "This is the first time that the Premier League has offered Internet rights separately from broadcast rights, and Nimbus Sport is delighted to be a pioneering commercial partner for the world’s leading football property," said Nimbus CEO Digvijay Singh. BSkyB to Offer Mobile Video Clips of European SoccerAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 2, 2007 - 12:08pm.
London - News Corp.'s U.K.-based British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) has announced plans to offer a mobile soccer video clip service for English Premier League and European Champions League matches, New Media Age reported. The clips will cost about $10 per month or $1 each, and will be promoted in News Corp.'s The Sun and News of The World in the U.K. BSkyB will also soon begin streaming its Sky Sports channels, which carry many of these games, live to mobile phones. Fox Acquires Exclusive Mobile, Web Highlights for Premier League SoccerAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 11, 2007 - 3:55pm.
Los Angeles - News Corp.'s Fox Soccer Channel announced on Monday that it has acquired the exclusive U.S. mobile and Internet highlight rights for England's Barclays Premier League soccer. Music Publisher, French Sports Leagues Join YouTube Class Action SuitAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 6, 2007 - 2:21pm.
New York - A music publisher and several French sports leagues have joined a class action copyright infringement suit against Google's YouTube video site. tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | Google | YouTube | Copyright | English Premier League | Cherry Lane |
Soccer's English Premier League Sues YouTube Over CopyrightsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 4, 2007 - 12:52pm.
New York - The English Premier League, along with independent music publisher Bourne Co., on Friday filed a federal class action copyright lawsuit in New York against Google's YouTube. tags: Sports | Law | Lawsuits | Google | YouTube | Copyright | English Premier League | Bourne Co. |
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