so not ALL bad this euro stuff ey! right.. lets see if someone bites ;-)
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Rick Duniec <[email protected]> wrote: > Euro court rules against Premier League in TV dispute > 4th October 2011 > The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled against the Premier League in > a crucial TV dispute. The ECJ's decision means that the Premier League can > no longer sell top-flight football's TV packages at different rates in > different countries. Instead one pan-European price is likely to be set > meaning a possible reduction for subscribers in the UK. > Remarkably the ruling stems from the prosecution, and subsequent appeal, of > one landlady. In 2007 Karen Murphy, who runs The Red, White, and Blue pub in > Southsea, was convicted of "fraudulent reception of transmissions" at > Portsmouth Magistrates' Court for showing Premier League matches. > However, Murphy argued that her conviction should be overturned as she had > purchased her subscription through Greek broadcaster Nova - a legitimate > European-based supplier. This, she said, was in line with legislation which > says the EU should operate as a single free-market. > Media Protection Services Ltd (acting on behalf of the Premier League) > disputed this and argued Murphy did not have an agreement with the UK rights > holders. At the time that was BSkyB although it is now Sky and ESPN. > But today the ECJ came down on the side of Murphy describing the current > set-up as "contrary to EU law". In a press release it also said: "The Court > of Justice holds that national legislation which prohibits the import, sale > or use of foreign decoder cards is contrary to the freedom to provide > services and cannot be justified." > FSF chair Malcolm Clarke said: "I remember court rulings in the past when > clubs, the leagues, and media have predicted disaster for football - the > Bosman ruling, end of the maximum wage and so on - but football always > survives. > "The Football Supporters' Federation isn't about to argue the rights and > wrongs of the ruling today which we'll leave to media analysts but we do > hope this leads to a reassessment of priorities by the professional game. > "For too long those who go to live matches have played second fiddle to the > whims of TV. The FSF hopes that the Murphy ruling encourages those running > the game to think again, and remember that the match-going fan is the life > blood of the game." > The ruling is unlikely to impact on the current TV deal but will come into > effect during the next round of negotiations. > ______________________________**_________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.** > uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist<http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist> > To unsubscribe, email > [email protected].**org<[email protected]> > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it) > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
