Premier League targets Welsh pubs

[pjmuk]

The Premier League is prosecuting 100s of Welsh pubs showing "illegal" foreign channels.

More info here:

_http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25849670

[fandm]

Re: Premier League targets Welsh pubs

Have they not tried this before and lost, there was a case I think on the south coast a female landlady and it was declared under European law to be legal to use a foreign card as there are no boundries.

[pjmuk]

Re: Premier League targets Welsh pubs

That's right - Karen Murphy in Portsmouth.

The way they are pursuing these cases revolves round the use of the Premier League logos and copyright.

[pjmuk]

Re: Premier League targets Welsh pubs

Update:

The Premier League wins it first case. The pub landlord must pay £65,000 legal costs.

More info here:

_http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-25968200

[f1fan]

Re: Premier League targets Welsh pubs

Eventually there will be no pubs left in the UK, there's no money to be made in beer any more, if pubs can't afford the astronomical charges for sport to get people in the door they might as well give up.

I can't believe they used the old copyright trick, seems to be everyone's favourite tactic these days.

[TCBigsy31]

Re: Premier League targets Welsh pubs

Update:

The Premier League wins it first case. The pub landlord must pay £65,000 legal costs.

More info here:

_http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-25968200

Reading the story, it seems almost contradictory of what happened to the pub landlady down in Portsmouth.

The "copyright infringment"; surely that should be taken up with the Danish TV channel airing the match? The landlord has no real control over what is broadcast over the satellite.

[f1fan]

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The "copyright infringment"; surely that should be taken up with the Danish TV channel airing the match? The landlord has no real control over what is broadcast over the satellite.

It's not the foreign tv channel, they have the rights to broadcast the match. The issue is the pub doesn't have the rights to redistribute the copyrighted material because the Danish TV subscription T&C won't allow public broadcast in the UK.

[Mobley3]

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Reading the story, it seems almost contradictory of what happened to the pub landlady down in Portsmouth.

The "copyright infringment"; surely that should be taken up with the Danish TV channel airing the match? The landlord has no real control over what is broadcast over the satellite.

That is the whole idea for Sly going about it, they can not stop the match re-transmission, but as they own the copyright of the extra bits, the fact that the landlord has no control over these and is showing them, gives Sly all the ammunition they need to bring a case.

Regards Mobley3

[digicon]

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$ly dont own Jack they like all the others are broadcasters, Its the EPL who own the on screen Logo and half time music and graphics