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If FIFA are so uptight about copyright, why continue to support them by consuming and discussing their 'product'? Go out and create your own content. Until th

If FIFA are so uptight about copyright, why continue to support them by consuming and discussing their 'product'? Go out and create your own content. Until that becomes predominant they have no reason to care. And frankly neither do I; it has never been easier to make videos, take photos, make podcasts and broadcast them. This whole copyright-law furore has really highlighted the entitled attitude of most Internet users nowadays.

Quarrelsome 8y ago
information transmission is free and painless and this cat is out of the bag. Why waste time trying the flawed process of trying to force it back in? Just seems like a waste of time and an industry trying to undo something that cannot be undone. Feels rather King Knute. Moreover the flaws and processes they would introduce into the system by automated flagging and removing of content will be open to abuse as another automated system that creates a vector of attack. There's no need to build it.
petepete 8y ago
> If FIFA are so uptight about copyright, why continue to support them by consuming and discussing their 'product'? Make my own international football sporting competition? Or buy tickets and stream on Periscope, a practice that is heavily frowned upon and The Premier League are actively looking to ban. Anyway, the reason I hold my viewpoint is that FIFA are meant to be a non-profit organisation. They are meant to exist for the good of the game; to most people that means the more people watching, playing, engaging with and talking about it, the better. It's clear that over the last thirty or forty years FIFA officials became more interested about lining their pockets. That's how Russia and Qatar managed to buy World Cups; it's how decision makers at every level received bungs and suitcases full of cash; it's how FIFA's rights management division went on the warpath; it's even responsible for the swathes of empty 'VIP' seats you see in prime positions at high profile games (even more after half time while prawn sandwiches are on sale in the exclusive bar). It's disgusting behaviour, they need to get back to their original ethos and allow the game to flourish.
- Pica_soO 8y ago
  Every Organization needs a meat-grinder- a mechanism that swallows contributing individuals after a certain time and removes them from the organization. In a democracy, that usually is a far away parliament, that removes the elected individual out of touch with the worries of those elected, so he/ she is not reelected. Fifa should give every fan a vote.

Quarrelsome 8y ago

information transmission is free and painless and this cat is out of the bag. Why waste time trying the flawed process of trying to force it back in? Just seems like a waste of time and an industry trying to undo something that cannot be undone. Feels rather King Knute. Moreover the flaws and processes they would introduce into the system by automated flagging and removing of content will be open to abuse as another automated system that creates a vector of attack. There's no need to build it.

petepete 8y ago

> If FIFA are so uptight about copyright, why continue to support them by consuming and discussing their 'product'? Make my own international football sporting competition? Or buy tickets and stream on Periscope, a practice that is heavily frowned upon and The Premier League are actively looking to ban. Anyway, the reason I hold my viewpoint is that FIFA are meant to be a non-profit organisation. They are meant to exist for the good of the game; to most people that means the more people watching, playing, engaging with and talking about it, the better. It's clear that over the last thirty or forty years FIFA officials became more interested about lining their pockets. That's how Russia and Qatar managed to buy World Cups; it's how decision makers at every level received bungs and suitcases full of cash; it's how FIFA's rights management division went on the warpath; it's even responsible for the swathes of empty 'VIP' seats you see in prime positions at high profile games (even more after half time while prawn sandwiches are on sale in the exclusive bar). It's disgusting behaviour, they need to get back to their original ethos and allow the game to flourish.

Pica_soO 8y ago
Every Organization needs a meat-grinder- a mechanism that swallows contributing individuals after a certain time and removes them from the organization. In a democracy, that usually is a far away parliament, that removes the elected individual out of touch with the worries of those elected, so he/ she is not reelected. Fifa should give every fan a vote.