Believe it or not for years forums like ours have not been allowed to post up football fixture lists because they are copyright protected.
If we wanted to post one up we would have to pay something like £2,000 to do so.
This situation as now been challenged by the European courts and in a nutshell they say the lists are not indeed copyright at all.
The British courts have to sort of ratify this decision - but copyright experts seem to think our courts will do so as the European Court have not left them much room to do otherwise.
Full story here if anyone is interested -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17218968
If we wanted to post one up we would have to pay something like £2,000 to do so.
This situation as now been challenged by the European courts and in a nutshell they say the lists are not indeed copyright at all.
The British courts have to sort of ratify this decision - but copyright experts seem to think our courts will do so as the European Court have not left them much room to do otherwise.
Full story here if anyone is interested -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17218968