Norton
19-06-2007, 12:30
Free The Fixtures (http://www.freethefixtures.com/)...
This is a campaign that, as an independent fanzine owner myself, I am only too happy to support and feel that it is something most football fans would agree with.
We have been subjected to Football DataCo's threatening emails before so have a read of the below, and if you don't agree with what is being done, please sign the petition (http://www.freethefixtures.com/sign.php).
On Thursday 14th June the fixtures for the 2007/08 football season were published. However most fan run websites will not be displaying them....
Football DataCo Ltd is a British company that grants licenses to third parties allowing them to reproduce certain intellectual property such as fixture lists and statistics. Football DataCo is wholly owned by FA Premier League and The Football League.
Fans have 3 options.....
1) Become the clubs nominated fanzine and get a license for the fixtures for £1 +VAT and a delivery charge to your site £104 +VAT, delivery via email!
A total of £123
2) Get authorisation from the club to use their fixtures in isolation. This would be £266 +VAT plus delivery charge
A total of £435
3) Without authorisation from the club you must buy fixtures for all clubs - this is £4244+VAT for the license and £5200 +VAT for delivery
A total of nearly £12,000
The fees are charged to all 3rd parties including independently owned football fan sites and fanzines. Numerous fan sites have been closed as a result of legal action initiated by Football DataCo Ltd.
We the fans should be free to publish our teams fixtures on our sites.
Please sign the petition and we will present it to the people that are responsible for charging the fans to publish THEIR fixtures!"
This is a campaign that, as an independent fanzine owner myself, I am only too happy to support and feel that it is something most football fans would agree with.
We have been subjected to Football DataCo's threatening emails before so have a read of the below, and if you don't agree with what is being done, please sign the petition (http://www.freethefixtures.com/sign.php).
On Thursday 14th June the fixtures for the 2007/08 football season were published. However most fan run websites will not be displaying them....
Football DataCo Ltd is a British company that grants licenses to third parties allowing them to reproduce certain intellectual property such as fixture lists and statistics. Football DataCo is wholly owned by FA Premier League and The Football League.
Fans have 3 options.....
1) Become the clubs nominated fanzine and get a license for the fixtures for £1 +VAT and a delivery charge to your site £104 +VAT, delivery via email!
A total of £123
2) Get authorisation from the club to use their fixtures in isolation. This would be £266 +VAT plus delivery charge
A total of £435
3) Without authorisation from the club you must buy fixtures for all clubs - this is £4244+VAT for the license and £5200 +VAT for delivery
A total of nearly £12,000
The fees are charged to all 3rd parties including independently owned football fan sites and fanzines. Numerous fan sites have been closed as a result of legal action initiated by Football DataCo Ltd.
We the fans should be free to publish our teams fixtures on our sites.
Please sign the petition and we will present it to the people that are responsible for charging the fans to publish THEIR fixtures!"