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Re:Players to sue for hundreds of millions over use of their... by ramblerman on Thursday November 26, 2020 @10:43AM (#25220921)
It's no more "their" statistic than the sentence "Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon" belongs to Neil Armstrong.

If I sit at a busy intersection and count the cars going by in a 5 minute span, do I owe something to each of those drivers.

IANAL, but this is just ridiculous.

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Re:Players to sue for hundreds of millions over use of their... by h2odragon on Thursday November 26, 2020 @11:24AM (#25221289)
Trademarked names... They'll want a license before anyone can talk about them at all; and then they'll wonder where their fame went.
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Re:Players to sue for hundreds of millions over use of their... by jon-wood on Thursday November 26, 2020 @02:52PM (#25223043)
You joke, but the name and likeness of these players is something EA have to license each year for the next FIFA release.
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Re:Players to sue for hundreds of millions over use of their... by closeparen on Thursday November 26, 2020 @03:08PM (#25223155)
If you record the license plates or images of the drivers, 100%.

If you record something like make and model, and you catch a car that’s rare enough in the area that there is only one person it could be, then also yes.

It’s absolutely wild to me that someone’s own observations of a public place can be legally restricted, but that’s GDPR.

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Re:Players to sue for hundreds of millions over use of their... by renewiltord on Thursday November 26, 2020 @11:18AM (#25221237)
If you write down the plate, the name of the intersection, and when the car passed by, then yeah that's personal data and GDPR regulated. You can't just compile that DB and sell it, dude. That's literally what GDPR is for. Not even slightly different from online advertising.

Hard for me to believe that personal statistics aren't like that. Meet all the GDPR conditions.

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