Comments on: Will the Premier League see reason over YouTube lawsuit?

By: beau

beau — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:41:36 +0000

Well, I am trying to get AFL highlights on the internet. I live in the US, and no sports channel (including Fox Soccer Channel) seems to carry any highlights any more. It seems you have to fork over about $50 a year for a subscription to watch days old video streams, which are slow and frequently pause the action. Well, the outfit selling the service called BigPond.com is a big rip-off. I can get perfectly good video feeds with the live coverage by subscription to Wimbledon.org. The BigPond site is complicated, overdone, and not worth it! Avoid it at all costs! To top it off, they have a no refund policy once you subscribe. I thought I would warn others of this ripoff. It is a shame that the “leaders” running the AFL would sell the rights to their product to such an inferior broadband provider. I love the AFL, but highlight packages are impossible to find or not worth the bother (ie. Big Pond). I guess we in the US are spoiled with the superior grade of our web technology. The AFL will never become popular or prosper internationally with such poor presentation of their game highlights on the web. It is a darn shame since the AFL is so much fun to watch. Ripped off. Beau, West Virginia, USA

By: grbear

grbear — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:31:53 +0000

iqnadirshah, I meant the Premier league’s claim was valid in that it will probably stand up in court.I agree that it is pretty lousy that they are suing over this but like so many other companies before them the premier league are attempting to close the stable door after the horse has bolted. As the article states there are already a hundred and one alternatives to Youtube showing premier league clips for free. I suppose the Premier League could argue they are trying to protect their deals with mobile operators like Vodafone and Three for highlight clips…

By: kyle-gunner-socceroo

kyle-gunner-socceroo — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:35:09 +0000

Becuase I live in Australia and dont have Cable TV i cant watch any football exept for the Champions League…Even our own national team the socceroos aremnt on free to air tele..SHITE. I think that a Pay-Per-View type site of the Premiership should come on the air. Like maybe a Monthly subscription maybe u can pay (in aus dollars)$1.75 pew Match, Id pay that to see teh gunners play.

By: iqnadirshah

iqnadirshah — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:50:12 +0000

How can the premier league’s claim be valid? Do you mean to say that every second of premier league action on public viewing should be profittable to them? C’mom we are just viewing a few goals, given a choice to watch matches live on tv, we would happily do it. We view the goals when we cannot watch the games. And even if that viewing is say about 2 days after the actual game, the EPL wants a piece of that money. What jerks………

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:06:18 +0000

AC Milan is set to launch a branded channel on YouTube.

By: grbear

grbear — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:13:26 +0000

The big problem is that the Premier League’s claim is perfectly valid. Everytime someone uses Youtube to watch highlights of a match Youtube profit through advertising revenues, and even if it is a tiny amount it all adds up rather quickly. Surely Youtube and the Premier league could come up with some sort of arrangment where advertising money is split 50/50 and official highlights are uploaded for people to watch, with free clips of average quality and high quality video made available for subscribers.

By: harry

harry — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:51:40 +0000

The ideal solution- in the world of capitalism one is permitted to sell his mother as long as the price is right. Monetizing video footage is a user pay policy like VAT” value added tax” a tax on consumption. Question remains why football popularity among masses should be in monopoly of few master capitalists, at the expense of fans. EPL should be thankful to YouTube because of indirect promotion of the game by using other people’s resources free of charge such as video camera, individual’s time, and admission fee for the match.

By: iqnadirshah

iqnadirshah — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:24:22 +0000

Totally agree. Nice article. As a football crazy fan living in the US(where they have a cheap imitation for the same name), the only way i watch the games that i miss is through youtube. Even if they stop, you’re right there are hundreds of alternatives and I’ll make sure that I use them all to catch up on the goals………..