US Risks Not Getting FIFA World Cup… Because It Won't Give FIFA Special Copyright Powers
from the don't-cave-in dept
The US is bidding on hosting the 2022 World Cup, and the decision will be made in a few weeks. Soccer’s governing body, FIFA, recently released its technical reports on all of the various bids, detailing things like the number of stadia available and what would need to be built should a country win, the availability of training grounds, hotel rooms, transportation and so on. The US scores very favorably on all of these accounts, but the bid has been labeled “medium risk” because
“the necessary government support has not been documented as neither the Government Guarantees, the Government Declaration nor the Government Legal Statement have been provided in compliance with FIFA’s requirements for government documents.”
Guess what that means? The US bid committee hasn’t secured a commitment from the US government that it will give FIFA the right to act as its own copyright cops and takeover the legal system so it can do things like criminalize wearing orange clothes. As the full FIFA report (PDF) puts it: “However, as the required guarantees, undertakings and confirmations are not given as part of Government Guarantee No. 6 (Protection and Exploitation of Commercial Rights) and mere reference is made to existing general intellectual property laws in the USA, FIFA’s rights protection programme cannot be ensured.”
It’s clear that FIFA expects carte blanche to set up its own special legal protection in any country that hosts the event; it gives the bid from Belgium and the Netherlands a black mark because it “contains no guarantees, undertakings or confirmations with legal effect beyond existing laws”. It also slates a number of countries for having “existing regulations… which adversely affect the free and unrestricted exploitation of media rights”. The report indicates that just three bids fully meet FIFA’s desire to have the ability to enact its own copyright and media laws: the human-rights hotbeds of Qatar and Russia, and the joint bid from Spain and Portugal.
Comments on “US Risks Not Getting FIFA World Cup… Because It Won't Give FIFA Special Copyright Powers”
it “contains no guarantees, undertakings or confirmations with legal effect beyond existing laws”
Wow. Your laws are not good enough, we want our own laws now!
I’m glad the government isn’t bending over on this. Unforgettably they do bend over for the Olympics Committee.
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Of course our government isn’t bending over for this! Obviously they are not offering nearly enough bribe money.
; P
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please. our government hasn’t had the chance to bend over for it yet.
it’s not that they haven’t, they just need to draft some new laws
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Agreed. It’s only going this slowly because it’s soccer (futbol). Imagine if this was some international version of the Super Bowl….
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I’m sure FIFA will score. Eventually…
Wow
‘ which adversely affect the free and unrestricted exploitation of media rights’
Wow. I guess that says it all right there. I hate it when something restricts my free and unrestricted exploitation of something.
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Books on how to exploit IP often use the word exploit.
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Exploiting uses the word exploiting.
With the right contributions
With the right political contributions, they will get what they are asking for. Of course the RIAA and MPAA will be watching this closely to see if they can do the same.
Wow, that Russia is one of the very few with a legal system favorable to FIFA is very telling.
Down with the FIFA! ^_^
Intersection of sports, advertising, money, monopoly, and gov't.
I predict it happens. US has too many rich suckers to pass up.
OHHHHHH NOOOOOO, NOOOO Soccer, er football
My heart is crushed. What will I ever do to satisfy the soccer, er, ah, football jones? LOL who cares?
Re: OHHHHHH NOOOOOO, NOOOO Soccer, er football
Exactly NO ONE in the US cares one bit about soccer. Why would any group even waste their time on bidding for this!
Russia can make these commitments because they have absolutely no intention of actually making good on the promises.
The U.S., on the other hand, lost interest when they realized futbol wasn’t football. The U.S. bid is medium risk? It should be ‘extremely high risk’ because so few Americans give a damn about the sport.
Shrugs shoulders
ehhh.
CALM DOWN EVERYONE
Don’t worry. I’m sure our government will capitulate and give FIFA everything they want.
“criminalize wearing orange clothes”
Least they’ll be prepared.
I recall when the word “exploit” had less than nice connotations.
This Is Serious
If lawmakers don?t take this seriously, the US could lose the World Series too.
Don't use the s word, please :)
Mike, I hope you know that every time you use the s word instead of ‘football’ an actual English person is dying…
Guess what that means?
Unable to answer in the absence of copies of the “Government Guarantees, the Government Declaration nor the Government Legal Statement”.
Wouldn’t it be nice if elected officials had respect for the legal system they maintain? If they wanted their laws to make the world a better place and improve everyone’s quality of life?
Instead, laws are just something to exploit for a quick buck.
Russia can have it.
Portugal and Spain
I can’t imagine why they assume Portugal is a “copyright friendly” country… i work in the industry here and 99% of the population couldn’t care less about intellectual property (and rightly so)… they don’t know what they’re getting themselves into eh eh
Just as you predicted..
Qatar and Russia are hosting the world cup for the next x years.
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