Happy ending for Rojadirecta

Congratulations! In ALT1040 I hear that RojaDirecta portal that provides links to watch live matches, has won the lawsuit against Audiovisual Sport (AVS), a company that manages the rights of the League of Spain. AVS had filed suit in 2007 against the site, accusing him of violation of intellectual property.

[RojaDirecta] does not facilitate the checkout of the key codes for the viewing of sporting events or make connections with unprotected programs, but what are facilitated links to download programs that allow viewing.

The issue of television rights will always be controversial. I remember, for example, when the World Cup open signal transmitting and football fans could one summer. Now we have to pay a good amount of silver. It is true that clubs are financed mostly by the sale of broadcast rights, but the exclusivity affects their mainstay: the fans.

Personally, I have used streaming to watch matches that are otherwise inaccessible to users outside Spain. The networks should consider less restrictive and archaic models, as transmitted by the Network games from the official websites of each team, recovering investment through advertising. But as utopia occurs, you must be pleased with the small triumphs of free football.

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