Comments on: Premier League’s Lawyers Come After The Offside http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:45:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Al http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-143749 Al Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:10:07 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-143749 You should use the logos from Pro Evolution Soccer. Everyone knows what team they actually represent (Merseyside Blue all the way!) and it would be halarious to see You should use the logos from Pro Evolution Soccer. Everyone knows what team they actually represent (Merseyside Blue all the way!) and it would be halarious to see

]]> By: droo http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-141316 droo Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:27:01 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-141316 i dont get it. they said u cant use the logos without the permission of the clubs - so did u ask the clubs? what did they say? i dont get it. they said u cant use the logos without the permission of the clubs – so did u ask the clubs? what did they say?

]]> By: Will http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140631 Will Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:43:44 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140631 Don't forget to let us know which clubs were willing to work with you please; I think it will be interesting to guess who will help with wanting something in return. Don’t forget to let us know which clubs were willing to work with you please; I think it will be interesting to guess who will help with wanting something in return.

]]> By: matt http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140567 matt Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:55:06 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140567 Can you re-post the logos with a big black censored banner covering the majority of the image? "The Leagues" would look a little silly if all sites began to do it. Can you re-post the logos with a big black censored banner covering the majority of the image? “The Leagues” would look a little silly if all sites began to do it.

]]> By: Toby http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140546 Toby Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:18:48 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140546 This is fucking madness. Once more the EPL manage to villify fans for wanting to follow their team. Fuckers. This is fucking madness.

Once more the EPL manage to villify fans for wanting to follow their team.

Fuckers.

]]> By: CSD http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140464 CSD Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:48:59 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140464 It's really silly. There's no merchandise being sold with the crests on them. This isn't a subscription site. Any revenue made is from the ads that are based on hits. People don't come to the site just because the official crests are used. Sites like these are part of what keeps me interested in the sport. They should be thankful you're out there giving them free publicity. Maybe e-mail them back an invoice. It’s really silly. There’s no merchandise being sold with the crests on them. This isn’t a subscription site. Any revenue made is from the ads that are based on hits. People don’t come to the site just because the official crests are used.

Sites like these are part of what keeps me interested in the sport. They should be thankful you’re out there giving them free publicity. Maybe e-mail them back an invoice.

]]> By: Raph88 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140451 Raph88 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:57:16 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140451 just cite fair use and tell them to shut the feck up! “s30.—(1) Fair dealing with a work for the purpose of criticism or review, of that or another work or of a performance of a work does not infringe any copyright in the work provided that it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement and provided that the work has been made available to the public.” Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 just cite fair use and tell them to shut the feck up!

“s30.—(1) Fair dealing with a work for the purpose of criticism or review, of that or another work or of a performance of a work does not infringe any copyright in the work provided that it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement and provided that the work has been made available to the public.”
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

]]> By: Matt http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140449 Matt Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:43:07 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140449 For what it is worth, I am kinda on Jack's side here...You're getting profits from ads on this site. The better your site, the more visitors and thus, the more $ you'll make. By making the site as nice and appealing (using crests of football clubs) you are making more $ by using something that isn't yours. That is the reason for copyright laws to begin with...so people that own something can do what they want with it (in this case, make $) and those that don't own them need permission to profit from something they don't own. I am willing to bet that if you weren't making any $ off of this site, it would be a drastically different story and you would have more of a case for not taking them down. For what it is worth, I am kinda on Jack’s side here…You’re getting profits from ads on this site. The better your site, the more visitors and thus, the more $ you’ll make. By making the site as nice and appealing (using crests of football clubs) you are making more $ by using something that isn’t yours. That is the reason for copyright laws to begin with…so people that own something can do what they want with it (in this case, make $) and those that don’t own them need permission to profit from something they don’t own. I am willing to bet that if you weren’t making any $ off of this site, it would be a drastically different story and you would have more of a case for not taking them down.

]]> By: Satu http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140445 Satu Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:17:40 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140445 And I'd started to wonder why I prefer the local Finnish women's league... this is why. And I’d started to wonder why I prefer the local Finnish women’s league… this is why.

]]> By: Jhonka http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140444 Jhonka Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:14:28 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-premier-league-lawyers-come-after-the-offside.html#comment-140444 Is this the UK equivalent of a DMCA takedown notice? Is this the UK equivalent of a DMCA takedown notice?

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