Lirodon 1 Report post Posted February 13, 2010 "Wow, you've become as strict as Major League Baseball?" is all I had to say when CTV ran a copyright disclaimer just a few minutes ago warning that retransmission/rebroadcast/etc of the Olympic coverage is forbidden without expressed written consent of the broadcast consortium. Those 3 words, are something I usually associate with baseball, and you probably know why. Just wondering, has any other broadcaster done anything similar in Beijing or this year? I know they started to crack down on this stuff alot more for Beijing, but I specifically remember only seeing any sort of similar disclaimer last year during TSN's coverage (which was probably a "broadcast produced by CBC, not us, go figure." message) or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Rols 1899 Report post Posted February 13, 2010 "Wow, you've become as strict as Major League Baseball?" is all I had to say when CTV ran a copyright disclaimer just a few minutes ago warning that retransmission/rebroadcast/etc of the Olympic coverage is forbidden without expressed written consent of the broadcast consortium. Those 3 words, are something I usually associate with baseball, and you probably know why. Just wondering, has any other broadcaster done anything similar in Beijing or this year? I know they started to crack down on this stuff alot more for Beijing, but I specifically remember only seeing any sort of similar disclaimer last year during TSN's coverage (which was probably a "broadcast produced by CBC, not us, go figure." message) or something. We've had those disclaimers for the games going back to (in my memory) at least Atlanta. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LuigiVercotti 19 Report post Posted February 13, 2010 We've had those disclaimers for the games going back to (in my memory) at least Atlanta. Having checked my footage SR I can confirm that for Aussie broadcasters. There was nothing on Lillehammer then bang, Atlant a and it becomes all 'IOC expressly prohibits yadda yadda...'. I have actually had a small brush with this policy recently on YouTube when I uloaded the London hand over sequence from Beijing...the grey eminences at YT blocked it because it was 'copyrighted to NBC' which pissed me off considering it was from Channel 7's coverage plus it's nearly 2 years ago. Methinks the Wily Old Falangist's ideas still live on when it comes to the IOC and social networking media. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiFreak 123 Report post Posted February 13, 2010 They just want to sell some DVDs after the games are over... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faster 545 Report post Posted February 13, 2010 (edited) Yea I am not impressed. I wish the IOC had an official youtube account. Its not like they don't have videos and they can't use the broadcaster rights excuse. The IOC has the sole proprietary rights to the footage, the networks have a copyright of the commentary. And it is strange for us Canadians because CBC was never like this and much more relaxed about youtube videos etc. Edited February 13, 2010 by Faster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenadian 300 Report post Posted February 13, 2010 CBC is public. CTV is private. There's your difference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lirodon 1 Report post Posted February 13, 2010 CBC is public. CTV is private. There's your difference. Well, in a way. The CBC is technically a Crown Corporation. They are partially government funded, but they also do advertisements. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
