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British pub owners to get their day in European court
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<blockquote data-quote="rolfw" data-source="post: 528318" data-attributes="member: 175057"><p>Well the thing is, that with copyright law as it stands, you are breaking your contract with the european card providers by using them outside their copyright zone, try going direct to DigitalB or Premiere and asking to buy a subscription, they won't sell you one, unless you have an address inside their copyright area.</p><p></p><p>There has been a huge push by several companies to sell and install these systems and cards into licensed premises, these are the people who have spurred the Premier League's court action on the way to making big profits, hence why they are bleating so much.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately the knock on effect of an unsuccessful case on behalf of the licensees/Installers, as they cannot restrict the legality to commercial use only, may be that the cards will no longer be available from UK suppliers, but I'm sure that they will continue to be available from internet sellers to the general public.</p><p></p><p>But let's take it one step further, when, until fairly recently, were you able to watch all of these matches on TV, it is only an erosion of very recently acquired and somewhat dubious liberty, not to mention the flouting of the 3pm closed period.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rolfw, post: 528318, member: 175057"] Well the thing is, that with copyright law as it stands, you are breaking your contract with the european card providers by using them outside their copyright zone, try going direct to DigitalB or Premiere and asking to buy a subscription, they won't sell you one, unless you have an address inside their copyright area. There has been a huge push by several companies to sell and install these systems and cards into licensed premises, these are the people who have spurred the Premier League's court action on the way to making big profits, hence why they are bleating so much. Unfortunately the knock on effect of an unsuccessful case on behalf of the licensees/Installers, as they cannot restrict the legality to commercial use only, may be that the cards will no longer be available from UK suppliers, but I'm sure that they will continue to be available from internet sellers to the general public. But let's take it one step further, when, until fairly recently, were you able to watch all of these matches on TV, it is only an erosion of very recently acquired and somewhat dubious liberty, not to mention the flouting of the 3pm closed period. [/QUOTE]
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