Matthew Loves Ball being shut down by YouTube

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Hey come on there’s reasons

This is what I don't understand. It's not like people choose to not watch games live because they want to wait for the ad free highlights 12-24 hours later. What are these networks gaining by doing this?

Companies don't realize that all these channels do is increase viewership for the sport, not take anything away from them.

 

That's not quite accurate. For example, the NBA is going through negotiating its media rights right now, and a big concern is the younger generation does not watch games on TNT or ESPN -- they watch highlight packages on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. There is a real challenge to make these media deals worth it, for all involved, if people are just "consuming" content via clips from third-parties. 

Now, instead of fighting that, you may have noticed (I certainly have) the Fox, ESPN, etc are increasingly posting their own extensive highlight packages on YouTube, etc. It used to be just 2-3 minutes, now they are 10-12 minutes. They then sell ads against these packages and get money that way. But these packages are often not as good, extensive (or fun) as other packages put together, so it kind of sucks..

Now if they were *really* smart, they'd partner with some of these people like Matthew Loves Ball, let the guy do his thing, and take 90% of the revenue from ads, collaborate with Matthew on gear sales, etc. But they don't seem to be going in that direction (or at least Fox is currently not).

(Speaking of ads: I could not complete my comment / see what I was typing for a minute at a time because a huge "BITSIGHT: SEC COMPLIANCE" ads blocks my screen. So ads & monetizing are problems all over)

I guess "contested" is in the eyes of the beholder, but cutting up a 20-minute highlight video, providing minimal, if any, analysis or original work, and monetizing the result is a pretty clear violation of the Copyright Act.  And one of the primary tenets of US copyright law is that enforcement is the responsibility of the rightsholder -- and also that selective enforcement is not allowed.  If they do not enforce their copyright vigorously, they risk having the content deemed public domain by a future judge when they do try to enforce it.

Also, I believe this particular channel was one of those that used the FOX audio as well as the video.  The licensing terms are different -- the audio is definitely owned by FOX, whereas, IIRC, the video is owned by the home team and provided under a nonexclusive license.  That's why whenever ESPN or CBS or whomever has a highlight from another network, you'll usually hear the home radio call -- they can access both the video and radio audio through their license agreement with the home team.

(The NFL is different, as the NFL specifically claims ownership of everything in their agreements, and they have the leverage to pull it off.  That's why NFL Red Zone is a thing).

Upvote this man!

Thank you, sir. I appreciate that the Big Ten Network’s 60 minute replays generally have every play, but sometimes it’s nice to just put the full broadcast on in the background while working.

This works. Thanks!

Thank-you.  When will the man get around to taking this away too?

I have no love for the US copyright system but "another platform in another country that doesn't care about US copyright" is a limited list and have a variety of issues that wouldn't be remotely fun to deal with for him or his users.

What sucks in general is that these networks pay billions of dollars for these games and they aren't inclined to give up access to those investments easily.  There should be a loosening of the restrictions around these types of compilations, and maybe there will be.  As Matt noted, he has a premium subscription tier so he's making money of these highlights so maybe Fox, ESPN, etc. would let him keep the page up by paying some licensing fee.  Now, that might be too onerous for how much revenue he actually generates but it would be worth trying to figure out because everyone involved would benefit.

Probably to upload highlight videos of games not broadcasted by fox sports. As no one else really gives an eff.

Gus tries so hard to hide his Michigan fandom that he is over the top with his Buckeye rhetoric. The world famous line makes me want to puke.

ABC is owned by the house of mouse IIRC and their sports division was swallowed up by ESPN.

There are many confusing things in life that I am willing to accept and move on from. People having even an ounce of disdain for Gus Johnson is not one of them.

Here's why Gus Johnson calls them the "World Famous Ohio State University." IMHO it's a pretty good reason and I'm good with it. 

LINK to the Sporting News Article about this. Plus an excerpt below.

There certainly could be some people outside the United States who consider the Buckeyes' football program to be world famous, but that's not why Johnson has deemed them internationally significant. In fact, it has nothing to do with football at all.

It is because of Jesse Owens.

Johnson spoke at Ohio State's campus on Nov. 10, two days before the team's game against Indiana, during which he spoke about his terming of the Buckeyes as "world famous." He said that when Owens ran in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, claiming four gold medals, that he put Ohio State on the international map.

"The whole world knew about Jesse and Ohio State," Johnson said. "So that's why when you see me call the game nowadays and you may hear me say, 'the world famous Ohio State University. The world famous Ohio State University.' That is an ode to him. And it's something that we can never forget."

I'm pretty sure it's just one guy doing it, which is simply amazing.