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Our colleagues at Editor & Publisher have a story about a lawsuit in Wisconsin concerning press coverage of school athletics. At issue: Should a newspaper be allowed to broadcast streaming Internet video of a high school football playoff? While there's room for debate here (just ask a TV person), the lawsuit shows that the school sports association is claiming some astonishingly broad coverage rights. Check it out (emphasis is ours):
(WIAA) is suing Gannett Co. Inc., parent of The Post-Crescent in
Appleton, and the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, asserting that it
owns the rights to any 'transmission, Internet stream, photo, image,
film, videotape, audiotape, writing, drawing or other depiction or
description of any game action, information or commercial used' of the
athletic events hosted by its member high schools.
Specifically, the lawsuit accuses the Post-Crescent of
Webcasting streaming video of a high school playoff game last Nov. 8.
The lawsuit was filed Dec. 5 in Portage County (Wisc.) Circuit Court,
but was first reported Wednesday night on the P-C Web site by staff
writer J.E. Espino. The paper had not learned of the lawsuit until it
was served with court documents last week."
Newspapers have locked horns with
school sports authorities over photographer access several times in recent years, in both Wisconsin and Illinois. More coverage in the Post-Crescent and from the NPPA.
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