Like Brian, I wasn’t able to attend the game but I did watch it on TV, to support my friends and classmates that are on the team. I thought it was really interesting that the game itself “belongs” to CBS sports – that CBS was the only one who would play it, and as a result most of campus couldn’t watch the game because it wasn’t available online or on regular cable. I thought that was kind of unfair, especially the fact that they weren’t streaming it online. That also opens up some interesting questions about copyright, and who “”owns” the game. Does that mean that if a parent in the crowd, recording the game, could be sued for copyright infringement if they post it on YouTube? How could you copyright something physical that occurs over a period of time?
I am also surprised that the game wasn’t available on regular cable. It is strange to think that someone or some organization “owns” the game and that games can even be owned.
I along with the author had trouble finding the game. I went through several tv and computer options before finding it for the program. It got annoying and it shows how copyright can often be very annoying. Companies should do better jobs of making situations like this easier to use and maybe sacrifice some copyright boundaries.
That’s a very interesting point. If someone videotapes the game, do they own it? Or is it a version of pirating? What if you’re a player on the team or even the coach and you want to record the games to study later on?
These are the issues that lead people to pirate shows and tv, its really unfair to the viewers and fans who dont have access to their teams games