[A2k] MEPs reject intellectual property rights for sporting events use this version

[Ian Brown]

> "Governing bodies [have been] lobbying MEPs for newly invented 'IP
> rights', including the protection of the event as a whole, information
> and spin-offs arising from the event, none of which exists under
> existing intellectual property rights regimes," said Francisco Pinto
> Balsemao, chair of the European Publishers Council ahead of the vote.
> "This is unjustified protectionism and injurious to press freedom".

How the publishers change their tune on stronger IP rights when they see
their profits at stake!