The whole Fixtures copyright debacle
Yes, they are indeed copyright Football Dataco, and yes, these arsehats have indeed persued anyone and everyone who dares to publish a fixture list without coughing up a "licensing fee". According to them, it is a breach of copyright for anyone to mention any fixture in advance of the game being played without coughing up.
For more of this madness, see the (sadly defunct) Watford website Blind Stupid and Desperate...
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Posted By: Iwan Husarmi on June 14th 2007 at 17:19:25
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- The whole Fixtures copyright debacle (NCFC) - Iwan Husarmi, Jun 14, 17:19:25
- so it costs a website £1 + VAT to show the fixture list (n/m) (NCFC) - Commisar_Canary, Jun 14, 17:49:27
- yes, but it's limited to one site per club (NCFC) - Dave in France, Jun 14, 18:09:23
- thats a stupid restriction of 1 per club - football is greedy for money (n/m) (NCFC) - Commisar_Canary, Jun 15, 01:10:05
- hey Ben are you the NOMINATED fanzine? (n/m) (NCFC) - Commisar_Canary, Jun 15, 01:11:05
- thats a stupid restriction of 1 per club - football is greedy for money (n/m) (NCFC) - Commisar_Canary, Jun 15, 01:10:05
- Is there a copyright issue if a journo "discovers" a story on a website? (n/m) (NCFC) - Commisar_Canary, Jun 14, 17:51:56
- yes, but it's limited to one site per club (NCFC) - Dave in France, Jun 14, 18:09:23
- so it costs a website £1 + VAT to show the fixture list (n/m) (NCFC) - Commisar_Canary, Jun 14, 17:49:27
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