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To: Baroness Neville-Rolfe, DBE, CMG Minister for Intellectual Property
Stop BSKYB taking over Football in the UK
We are objecting to a proposal being put forward by the Premier League and BSKYB, they are trying to make an actual football game fall under copyright, this is a follow to the Karen Murphy ruling where Lord Justice Kitchin ruled that a live game such as Football can not be copyrighted as it's a live event and therefore unscripted.
Why is this important?
The proposals being put through would be drastic for the pub and club trade, they are already in decline and not having the ability to source sport from other mediums other than BSKYB would no doubt close 1000's of pubs as SKY's prices are extortionate, SKY actually charge circa £70 per month to put there system in "your home" they will then put exactly the same system in a pub for anywhere up to £1500 per month, this in itself is terrible, pubs can't afford it and BSKYB and the Premier league are trying to push this Parliament change through, it will destroy the UK pub trade for the sake of their greed.
