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Barca vs. Chelsea: Will European Football Games Fall Under New Euro-zone Antipiracy Rules
© Cheryl Hodgson 2009 | Posted on May 4, 2009
In case you havent already heard, Barca THUMPED Real Madrid this past week in a 6-2 killing. Although it may rank as one of the greatest days in my life, it still leaves me nervous about this Wednesday’s match, May 6, between Chelsea and Barca in the Champions League. Last week when the two met, the game was a 0-0 draw. I am hoping that the new encounter will see Barca give it to the Englishmen with the same overwhelming result as in the Real Madrid match-up.
That said, something like the Champions League is the driving force of billions, if not trillions of dollars in merchandising fees, licensing, advertising, network agreements, etc.
The European Commission has agreed upon a final draft proposal of a new Telecommunications bill, accepting the groundbreaking clause initially proposed by France. This bill makes it so that anybody caught downloading ilegal digital files can be shut down immediately. Prior to this bill, anyone in the Eurozone downloading illegal files could not be stopped, but for, a legal proceeding and a ruling that the activity was illegally. This new Telecommunications bill will give copyright, trademark and other rights owners carte blanche to shut down the Internet services of a user for a period of hours or months.
In re to the big Champions league games coming up – would the passing of this bill have any bearing on pirated t.v. stations, digital downloads of free merchandise or pics, etc.?? This is ground breaking news from Europe where the countries up to this point could not agree on a plan of attach against Internet piracy. The bill will be voted on next week.
Stay tuned!!!!!!!!
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