What do Periscope and Meerkat mean for broadcasting copyright?
by Samuel Gibbs, Julia Powles and Sam Thielman from Technology | The Guardian on (#8T66)
The Premier League is joined by other sports leagues such as the NBA, MLB and NFL in being wary of the march of the live-streaming apps
Anyone with a smartphone, the internet and an app can now broadcast live video to the world. But, while great for users is it a nightmare for content rights holders?
Live video streaming is nothing new - services have been around since the early 2000s - but Meerkat and Periscope have made it easier to broadcast our lives on the go and shifted the appeal near to the mainstream. Ever since they launched, however, speculation has followed over the potential legal liability for content delivered on their platforms.
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