Dave Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 http://www.olswang.com/news/2012/11/olswang-helps-uk-defendants-to-win-football-fixtures-appeal/ 22 November 2012 Olswang helps UK defendants to win football fixtures appeal Olswang acted for Stan James Plc, Stan James (Abingdon) Limited, Enetpulse Aps and Yahoo! UK Limited in a court case concerning intellectual property rights in football fixture lists prepared for the English and Scottish football leagues. The litigation was commenced four years ago by the English and Scottish professional football leagues, their licensing agent, Football DataCo and its sub-contractor PA Sport. Following the European Court of Justice's decision in March, the claimants conceded that they could not continue to assert intellectual property rights in the fixture lists. This week, the case reached its final stage with the Court of Appeal issuing a sealed Order declaring that fixture lists are not protected by database copyright or database rights in the EU. As a consequence, it is now no longer necessary to pay a licence fee to use or reproduce the fixture lists in the EU. The Court of Appeal also ordered that Football DataCo, PA Sport and the Football League Limited to carry the following message on their respective websites for a month in order to dispel any public uncertainty as to the legal position: "Following the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union dated 1 March 2012 in Case C-604/10 Football Dataco Ltd v Yahoo! UK Ltd & Others [link to a copy of the Judgment], it has been determined that neither copyright nor sui generis database rights subsist in the EU in fixture lists for the English and Scottish football leagues." Such notices can be found at the following links: http://www.football-dataco.com/, http://www.pressassociation.com/sport.html and http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Home/0,,10794,00.html" Historically, FDC charged licence fees to third parties such as media organisations, bookmakers and websites in exchange for permission to use or reproduce the fixture lists. Each football club was entitled to appoint one "Nominated Fanzine" that would only be required to pay a nominal fee of £1.00 +VAT for a licence to reproduce the fixture lists for their club. Other fan sites or blogs had to pay the commercial going rate to publish fixture details. Tim Cook, General Counsel and Company Secretary at Stan James Plc commented: "We have had to defend Football DataCo's misguided fixture lists claim since 2008 and are pleased to see the Court of Appeal declare that there are no rights in fixture lists in the EU. We continue to defend the second arm of Football DataCo's claim, in relation to live data, which has potentially huge implications for our industry and consumers of live football data within the EU." Paul Stevens, Partner at Olswang, commented: "Prior to this ruling, football fan sites and fanzines were required to pay the full licence fee, which was particularly onerous for small, non-commercial outlets. The outcome will come as a huge relief to fan sites, bloggers and fanzines who will be able to freely reproduce the Fixture Lists for the benefit of their club's supporters." Stevens continued: "Olswang acted for YahooUK!, Stan James and Enetpulse Aps on the football fixture case since its inception. We were delighted to secure a victory for the defendants on a European level last March and we are pleased the national leg of this case has also come to a positive end in the UK." http://www.football-dataco.com/fixturesdecision.html http://www.pressassociation.com/sport/data/footballfixtures.html http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7046/fuck20the20police.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 amazeballs! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 NEWCASTLE VS SUNDERLAND IS ON THE 13TH APRIL!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Joyous news! I predict 0 points from December. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 So we can post football videos? I mean fixture lists!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I'm going to predict the fuck out of fixture lists, take that fixture lists, you fuckers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 It's like a new signing. [/pardew] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Common sense for a change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Mon 10 20:00 A Fulham Sat 15 12:45 H Manchester City Sat 22 15:00 H QPR Wed 26 15:00 A Man Utd Sat 29 17:30 A Arsenal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 It's about time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I have a bad feeling... http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/001/384/Atrapitis.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 It's about time. The decision was only a week and a bit ago man N-O don't have full-time staff you know, Sif... GOSH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Mon 10 20:00 A Fulham Sat 15 12:45 H Manchester City Sat 22 15:00 H QPR Wed 26 15:00 A Man Utd Sat 29 17:30 A Arsenal 3 points, 4 if we're lucky :'( (probably 0) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steggy Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 I FEEL SO FREE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Couple years too late for the Yorkster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 http://i.imgur.com/2xndY.gif edit: whoops, wrong gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest loven Mag 11 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Doo doo doo, its time to post some fixtures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Yorkie will be happy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steggy Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 what is the meaning of life? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 This comes just when everyone is too shit scared to look at the next set of fixtures : lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 what is the meaning of life? No matter whether you're (h) or (a), sometimes you win and sometimes you lose and nobody can tell you not to post that information on the internet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Wow, always seemed odd to me that they would not allow a fixture list to be shared on various internet sites. Nobbers, anyway ist one for the fans!!! good on em. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 what is the meaning of life? No matter whether you're (h) or (a), sometimes you win and sometimes you lose and nobody can tell you not to post that information on the internet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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