In England ist man schon einen Schritt weiter
Das von der DFL beauftragte Unternehmen Netresult sucht nicht nur im Auftrag der DFL nach Urheberrechtsverstößen, sondern auch für die Premier League, Formel Eins, UEFA Champions League und Australian Open Tennis.
„The Guardian“ berichtet, dass Netresult Youtube gebeten 1.000 Sport-Videos zu löschen und bereits 10 Website Betreiber aufgefordert hat, ihre Verweise auf diese Videos zu entfernen.
A digital rights company representing sporting bodies has asked YouTube to remove about 1,000 videos for copyright infringement – and believes there are as many as 10,000 more illegal clips on the website.
The online rights protection agency NetResult – which represents bodies including formula one, the Uefa Champions League, the Football League, and Australian Open Tennis – has also sent letters to about 10 websites that host links to clips that infringe copyrighted material.
Christopher Stokes, the chief executive of NetResult, said that the initial 1,000 was almost certainly the “tip of the iceberg” of its clients’ copyrighted material, but it was very time-consuming to track and then report all incidents.
Ronaldo Assis de Moreira (http://101greatgoals.blogspot.com/) ist einer dieser Website Betreiber. Auf seinem Blog hat er die E-Mails von NetResult online gestellt.
http://101greatgoals.blogspot.com/2006/10/what-took-you-so-long.html
http://101greatgoals.blogspot.com/2006/10/free-publicity-for-game.html
http://101greatgoals.blogspot.com/2006/10/goals-will-go-on.html
Hier ein paar Auszüge von Fan-E-Mails, die Ronaldo erhalten hat:
Once again the general public cannot see great goals, unless you pay money. Football was entertainment but is now a money making machine to their rich owners. They don’t care that most people cannot afford to pay high prices each week, to see their teams. They only care about how much money they can make from you each week and sites like yours stop that happening.
I just discovered your site through 442. I live in America, so as you know its almost impossible to see any football on television unless you have the money for expensive cable packages. Your site is fantastic for someone in my situation. Its unfortunate that NetResult doesn’t realize what you are doing for them. Its free publicity for the game, which is something it could use in America. Keep up the good work and don’t let them bully you.
Lesenswert ist auch der Beitrag von Ahmed in seinem „BlogFC“:
http://blogfc.com/premier-league-comes-after-football-bloggers/
Fazit:
- Die englischen Fussball-Fans haben die gleiche Sichtweise wie wir.
- NetResult ist zu Gute zu halten, den Bloggern nicht direkt mit Abmahngebühren zu kommen, sondern per E-Mail zur Unterlassung aufzufordern.
