“Sports Rights – What Proprietary Rights Does and Should an Event Organizer Have with Respect to Match Scores?”
The Spiritus Sports Law Essay Competition 2013
“Sports Rights – What proprietary rights does and should an event organizer have with respect to match scores?”
Authors: 1.) Akshay Singh Ralhi (B.B.A. LL.B Year – III) 2.) Mahima Pradeep (B.A. LL.B Year – III)
Symbiosis Law School, Pune
Email Address: akshay.ralhi@symlaw.ac.in, mahima.pradeep@symlaw.ac.in
Contact Numbers: +919545717387, +919503006607
ABSTRACT
Proprietary rights of event organizers, principally concerned with the information arising out of sporting events, since a considerable time now have been under debate. The principle objective of this essay is to demonstrate and lay bare the development of proprietary rights of event organizers with respect to match scores. The current emerging scenario for the same is under focus and prudent recommendations essential for a tomorrow with legal principles set in place that would point towards a definite situation regarding the same, encouraging lesser litigation-based actions between aggrieved parties form part of this essay.
With a world that is developing rapidly at the technological front, legal provisions need to keep pace with the same. The proprietary rights of event organizers are under contention since the past two decades at the global platform, including the landmark NBA and INS cases respectively in the United States, and more recently in the light of recent arguments raised in the Courts closer home in India. This essay contests the ownership of real time data, talks about the “hot news doctrine” and quasi-property rights in the Indian context, discusses the common law remedies available and throws light on the prolonged Star India case, which recently has come out with a neat and detailed judgment on 30 August 2013 at the Delhi High Court.
The researched results of this essay have given birth to a concise paper on the history of proprietary rights of event organizer and their maturity at the global as well as Indian level.
“Sports Rights – What proprietary rights does and should an event organizer have with respect to match scores?”
Authors: 1.) Akshay Singh Ralhi (B.B.A. LL.B Year – III) 2.) Mahima Pradeep (B.A. LL.B Year – III)
Symbiosis Law School, Pune
Email Address: akshay.ralhi@symlaw.ac.in, mahima.pradeep@symlaw.ac.in
Contact Numbers: +919545717387, +919503006607
ABSTRACT
Proprietary rights of event organizers, principally concerned with the information arising out of sporting events, since a considerable time now have been under debate. The principle objective of this essay is to demonstrate and lay bare the development of proprietary rights of event organizers with respect to match scores. The current emerging scenario for the same is under focus and prudent recommendations essential for a tomorrow with legal principles set in place that would point towards a definite situation regarding the same, encouraging lesser litigation-based actions between aggrieved parties form part of this essay.
With a world that is developing rapidly at the technological front, legal provisions need to keep pace with the same. The proprietary rights of event organizers are under contention since the past two decades at the global platform, including the landmark NBA and INS cases respectively in the United States, and more recently in the light of recent arguments raised in the Courts closer home in India. This essay contests the ownership of real time data, talks about the “hot news doctrine” and quasi-property rights in the Indian context, discusses the common law remedies available and throws light on the prolonged Star India case, which recently has come out with a neat and detailed judgment on 30 August 2013 at the Delhi High Court.
The researched results of this essay have given birth to a concise paper on the history of proprietary rights of event organizer and their maturity at the global as well as Indian level.