US Shuts down 16 more Websites

[celticfang]

Rather than seeing this as an opportunity to sue the living hell out of people, I wish the media would seize the opportunity to turn this into a positive. I would be more than willing to pay a per-event, reasonable fee to watch things online- from an F1 race to the Super Bowl. Why not set up a legal way for me to do that? They can spend less on legal fees and likely rake in almost the same dollar amount they're trying to persuade a judge to award them.

Over here, I can do that if I got a TV license via the iPlayer, I know of two sites that approached the BBC and offered to do exactly what you said and they got flat out refusd and told that'd be illegal....despite the BBC doing exactly the same thing, streaming it online. $$$$$$$$ (or, correctly, £££££££££££££ in this case) talks.

Relly, you can't just think of it like that. Imageine if the Indy 500 was only viewable in Indianaolis, or the Daytona 500 only aired in Florida and nowhere else could watch anything to do with either event, in effect be region locked out of any news or video coverage period, it's a similar deal with SPEED and firstrowsports, they give people around the world a chance to watch sports.

What would happen if Youtube got shut down tomorrow?

 

[Frigus5]

Imageine if the Indy 500 was only viewable in Indianaolis,

It's funny because it's blacked out in Indianpolis and you have to watch it on tape delay.

 

[NossedEvo]

What would happen if Youtube got shut down tomorrow?

There would be less Bieber. (y)

 

[celticfang]

It's funny because it's blacked out in Indianpolis and you have to watch it on tape delay.

Touche.

Okay, imagine if tomorrow (and this won't happen), the IRL turned around and shafted the US audiences by cancelling the existing TV deals and aligning themselves with (let's say) Eurosport.

End result of that? No IICS, legally, for the US markets, period. You can't upload any clips on youtube (been done by....I think it was tvnspd with CART, got a copyright notice about the 99 CART Fontana race from Eurosport's legal dept (when it was the ABC telecast) and one from Mid Ohio 95)

 

[SimDesigners]

Well... at the very least, I'm surprised the media hasn't caught on to the idea that people will find a way to watch what they want to- legally or not. It seems that common sense hasn't caught up with them and most media stations/companies are still basing themselves on greed. Honestly, I can see the day when I just say to heck with trying to keep up with certain sports or events because the loops I have to jump through just to watch them will be too great. Then my attention and dollars go elsewhere.