News Sites Cry Foul On World Cup Restrictions

This controversy keeps cropping up: Newspaper have slammed new restrictions on publishing World Cup soccer photographs online…FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, is banning digital images from appearing on newspaper websites and other electronic media until one hour after matches finish during next year’s World Cup in Germany. FIFA is also stipulating that no more than five images from each half of a World Cup game are published on any single website. It also says no more than two images from any half of extra time, including penalty shootouts, should be published electronically.

Media organisations wanting accredition will have to agree to delay publication of digital images, either from staff photographers or news agencies…but online and mobile content providers that have bought licences will be allowed to publishin other words, money talks.

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