AP, Gannett refuse to sign SEC's new credential policy

Failed to update ... at leats in our corner of the world, AP quietly signed on Friday ... Gannett soon followed. Or so we're told.

 

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/aug/28/sec-has-policy-revised/

 

'Where the SEC never budged was on video of game footage. The league will retain its exclusive rights for game action video on the Internet but will continue to allow videos of news conferences and sideline interviews, whether before, after or at halftime of games."

So forget the game, but we'll let you broadcast the fluff... some of the best angles of plays were the ones shot by the locla guys because the networks were screened or out of position.
Be interesting to see if print backs TV on this

 

This is standard for television studios.That's essentially what papers are becoming when you use video footage. Because of our weasel TV brethren, this has been the way it has been for years. Video is exclusively owned by the SEC of game action. The written word or real-time news updates? They will take keyboard over my dead body.

What's going on here is print journalists and editors aren't used to these type of standard restrictions that are placed on radio and TV. Something has to give. I don't mind giving up control of video after the initial news broadcast. That's standard procedure.

 

I'm pretty sure it's been that way on radio for years. If you're not on a network carrying the game, you can only do x number of in-game updates on the radio. All of which is essentially pointless with the internet, but it's not unusual to have non-rights holders restricted this way.