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US Risks Not Getting FIFA World Cup... Because It Won't Give FIFA Special Copyright Powers
from the don't-cave-in dept
The US is bidding on hosting the 2022 World Cup, and the decision will
be made in a few weeks. Soccer's governing body, FIFA, recently released
its technical reports on all of the various bids, detailing things
like the number of stadia available and what would need to be built
should a country win, the availability of training grounds, hotel
rooms, transportation and so on. The US scores very favorably on all
of these accounts, but the bid has been labeled "medium risk" because
It's clear that FIFA expects carte blanche to set up its own special legal protection in any country that hosts the event; it gives the bid from Belgium and the Netherlands a black mark because it "contains no guarantees, undertakings or confirmations with legal effect beyond existing laws". It also slates a number of countries for having "existing regulations... which adversely affect the free and unrestricted exploitation of media rights". The report indicates that just three bids fully meet FIFA's desire to have the ability to enact its own copyright and media laws: the human-rights hotbeds of Qatar and Russia, and the joint bid from Spain and Portugal.
"the necessary government support has not been documented as neither the Government Guarantees, the Government Declaration nor the Government Legal Statement have been provided in compliance with FIFA's requirements for government documents."Guess what that means? The US bid committee hasn't secured a commitment from the US government that it will give FIFA the right to act as its own copyright cops and takeover the legal system so it can do things like criminalize wearing orange clothes. As the full FIFA report (PDF) puts it: "However, as the required guarantees, undertakings and confirmations are not given as part of Government Guarantee No. 6 (Protection and Exploitation of Commercial Rights) and mere reference is made to existing general intellectual property laws in the USA, FIFA's rights protection programme cannot be ensured."
It's clear that FIFA expects carte blanche to set up its own special legal protection in any country that hosts the event; it gives the bid from Belgium and the Netherlands a black mark because it "contains no guarantees, undertakings or confirmations with legal effect beyond existing laws". It also slates a number of countries for having "existing regulations... which adversely affect the free and unrestricted exploitation of media rights". The report indicates that just three bids fully meet FIFA's desire to have the ability to enact its own copyright and media laws: the human-rights hotbeds of Qatar and Russia, and the joint bid from Spain and Portugal.
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Wow. Your laws are not good enough, we want our own laws now!
I'm glad the government isn't bending over on this. Unforgettably they do bend over for the Olympics Committee.
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it's not that they haven't, they just need to draft some new laws
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Wow
Wow. I guess that says it all right there. I hate it when something restricts my free and unrestricted exploitation of something.
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With the right contributions
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Intersection of sports, advertising, money, monopoly, and gov't.
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OHHHHHH NOOOOOO, NOOOO Soccer, er football
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Re: OHHHHHH NOOOOOO, NOOOO Soccer, er football
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The U.S., on the other hand, lost interest when they realized futbol wasn't football. The U.S. bid is medium risk? It should be 'extremely high risk' because so few Americans give a damn about the sport.
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Shrugs shoulders
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CALM DOWN EVERYONE
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Least they'll be prepared.
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This Is Serious
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Don't use the s word, please :)
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Unable to answer in the absence of copies of the "Government Guarantees, the Government Declaration nor the Government Legal Statement".
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Instead, laws are just something to exploit for a quick buck.
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Portugal and Spain
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Just as you predicted..
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