I didn’t see his bloging on the event, but one of the comments on his thread about being kicked out called it a “blow by blow” recap. There’s a big difference between calling a friend, or txting them, and giving them the score and sending out each play, as it happens, over the web.

And Don V is right, if that kind of blogging is ok, does that mean video-blogging is ok, too? Because once it is, ESPN isn’t paying a cent for the broadcast rights. Then you get to watch it in VGA quality.

Which brings up another interesting question… in 5 years when every cell phone has a 10MP, 45-frame/second, HD video camera in it, why do we need ESPN anymore?

What difference does it make if it’s a foreign website? As the Hartford fan-site said, it’s just a matter of ‘guy having a lot of money’. If a football club from Europe threatens to bring an American ISP in front of a judge in England, the ISP would still have to find the $$ to argue that the English court didn’t have the jurisdiction.

In other words, the ISP would probably still just kill the site. It’s not about what’s legal – it’s about how much power you have to threaten people because you have a lot of money.

The idea of being able to license schedules is just retarded on its face. The FA’s really screwed itself in the pooch with this rule, because, to the company’s point, they’ve created a revenue stream that supports their clubs, and now that the Internet exsists and this revenue stream is completey idiotic, they can’t just get rid of it, because then, where would they get another revenue stream from while reducing a known stream of $$?

That said, the fanzine’s response was great – ‘just because we recognize it as a stream of revenue to the club doesn’t mean we think it’s morally correct’. It’s analagous to the company arguing that it’s OK to kill puppies in front of children because it generates revenue. Just stupid.

First Amendment, BITCHES!!!

What degree of aura is lost by blogging about a live game, and then blog about the blog? I think discussion of Baudrilliard’s simulacra (RIP) must be next.

or the wing option. either one, really

Just when I thought everyone was agreeing on something. You got a point though. The next step would be to strap on an antenna and camera. I still hate Myles Brand though.

Under that logic, what prevents me from bringing a camera and an antenna and broadcasting the game?

First Amendment is not a catch-all.

People who don’t follow college baseball have no idea how good the postseason action is. Not just the CWS, but the regionals and the super regionals as well. It’s a shame this is how the NCAA is planning to draw attention to it.

Tell someone ahead of time all you want, they don’t have the authority under any circumstances to abridge his freedom of the press. Louisville is a public institution and its ballpark is on public land, and thus the first amendment (enabled through the 14th) is in effect.

Also, thank you, Orson, for the Benjamin reference, which reminds me why this really is the fucking greatest blog on the planet.

I can’t see it ever getting to the point where schedules will be copyrighted. MLB tried to ban fantasy unless licensed through them but lost that battle on the notion that stats are public domain.

I see from a historical perspective that it made sense as a way of getting money from the gambling interests who were making more money than the clubs at the time. But charging blogs like the Watford guys is one of the most dumbass thing’s I’ve ever heard.