[FC-discuss] "No Social Media In These College Stadiums"

[Adi Kamdar]

Wow. Is this even.... remotely enforceable?
-Adi


On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Rob Myers <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:

>
> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/17/2141244/No-Social-Media-In-These-College-Stadiums
>
> RawJoe writes "Today, the Southeastern Conference (SEC) is expected to
> release a final version of its new media policy that, at the moment,
> can best be described as a ban on all social media usage at SEC games.
> Earlier this month, the conference informed its schools of the new
> policy, which says that ticketed fans can't 'produce or disseminate
> (or aid in producing or disseminating) any material or information
> about the Event, including, but not limited to, any account,
> description, picture, video, audio, reproduction or other information
> concerning the Event.' Translated, that means no Twitter, Facebook,
> YouTube, TwitPic, or any other service that could in any way compete
> with authorized media coverage of the event. In the case of the SEC,
> authorized media coverage rights belong to CBS, who has a $3B deal
> with the conference over the next 15 years, according to The St
> Petersburg Times." Good luck with that. To quote Clay Shirky, "The
> idea that people can't capture their own lived experience is a losing
> proposition."
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