Re:U.S. judge rejects World Chess bid to block websites from...
by kylecordes on Saturday November 12, 2016 @10:00AM
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I wonder what the effect on attendance would be, if major sporting events had a "no cell phones" rule. My guess offhand: it would be devastating to ticket sales.
Re:U.S. judge rejects World Chess bid to block websites from...
by iaw on Saturday November 12, 2016 @08:50PM
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I've been trying to mull that out as well from an economic perspective but I think it's highly dependent on the existing distribution networks which adds additional complexity.
Major League sports information is disseminated fairly quickly and the attendance levels make technological prohibitions a challenge. The nature of world chess championships make it a little different, as long as the globally recognized top ranked players are in attendance (preventing an organizational schism) I think the organizers could do whatever they want.
In the end I think this ruling just means they can't enforce a civil penalty for violation of these rules, but there's no reason they can't expel the violator from their event.
It's an interesting case.
Re:U.S. judge rejects World Chess bid to block websites from...
by gruez on Saturday November 12, 2016 @10:16AM
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But then again, of most of the people going are hardcore fans, sales might not be affected to much (although there might be outrage)
Re:U.S. judge rejects World Chess bid to block websites from...
by smackfu on Saturday November 12, 2016 @06:51PM
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PGA Tour banned cell phones until 2011: http://www.golf.com/ap-news/tour-allow-cell-phones-tournamen...
The Feist case was about the expense accrued in aggregating the information and the incentive issues that arise if those efforts are not protected.
The NBA case was about the division of rights between the competition organizer and those attempting to report on it. Specifically, are the reporters required to delay their reporting efforts when the only information being reported generated by the event is factual.
If I understand correctly, this ruling doesn't preclude the event organizers from banning all electronic communication devices from the premises. It just prevents them from pursuing any civil penalties from those that report on the event.