The times will be changing: Court of Justice of the European Union PRESS RELEASE No 3/11 Luxembourg, 3 February 2011
Jan Panteltje
to the transmission of football matches are contrary to European Union law.
http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2011-02/cp110003en.pdf
What this for example means is that it is OK to buy a cheap card in ANY country of the EU
and use it to watch sat TV anywhere in the EU.
Here some background in German:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/EuGH-vor-Grundsatzentscheidung-zum-Pay-TV-Markt-in-Europa-1183707.html
So it seems if you buy a Greek card to watch football in the UK,
it is perfectly legal, even if the Greek card is cheaper than the Sky card.
When becomes law, it means very big changes for some pay TV in the EU.
Miles Collins
> So it seems if you buy a Greek card to watch football in the UK,
> it is perfectly legal, even if the Greek card is cheaper than the
Sky card.
Of course this is a good thing.
But football with a Greek commentary isn't quite the same experience
for native English speakers.
Charles Ellson
<not-fo...@zybrkat.org> wrote:
>Jan Panteltje <pNaonSt...@yahoo.com>:
>> So it seems if you buy a Greek card to watch football in the UK,
>> it is perfectly legal, even if the Greek card is cheaper than the
>>
Nothing is "perfectly" legal.
>Sky card.
>
>Of course this is a good thing.
>But football with a Greek commentary isn't quite the same experience
>for native English speakers.
>
Even if using a Greek card is eventually ruled to be lawful there is
AFAIAA no obligation on a supplier to supply beyond their chosen
territory so if the English Premier League/whoever decide not to sell
to Greece or anyone else then there is no guarantee that the games
will remain available by that route.