Depends on who your employer is :) Mark K.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric B Sent: 05 October 2011 12:19 To: Rick Duniec Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LU] TV court judgement 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/l > istinfo/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) Information in this email including any attachments may be privileged, confidential and is intended exclusively for the addressee. The views expressed may not be official policy, but the personal views of the originator. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete it from your system. You should not reproduce, distribute, store, retransmit, use or disclose its contents to anyone. Please note we reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communication through our internal and external networks. SKY and the SKY marks are trade marks of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and are used under licence. British Sky Broadcasting Limited (Registration No. 2906991), Sky Interactive Limited (Registration No. 3554332), Sky-In-Home Service Limited (Registration No. 2067075) and Sky Subscribers Services Limited (Registration No. 2340150) are direct or indirect subsidiaries of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (Registration No. 2247735). All of the co mpanies mentioned in this paragraph are incorporated in England and Wales and share the same registered office at Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 5QD. _______________________________________________ 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)
