BoxRec Encyclopedia Question

Musashi · Post by **Musashi** » 20 Apr 2007, 12:39

Question about copyrights: Would it be acceptable to reference results from usaboxing.org as a link in an individual fighters record? For example: See the bottom of Omar Pittman's record here where I have referenced a result.
http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/B ... man:247818

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 21 Apr 2007, 08:08

You can't copyright sports results, it still might be useful to reference a result to provide extra info or to back up a (disputed) fact.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » 21 Apr 2007, 18:44

wouter wrote:You can't copyright sports results,

How do we get that across to the US commissions still holding out on BoxRec?

Musashi · Post by **Musashi** » 22 Apr 2007, 20:15

How do you copyright a sports result? That's public information. If the Knicks beat the Pistons 100-99, I can't post that score on my website because I found it on ESPN? By that logic, most of the results prior to the creation of BoxRec are copyrighted as they came from Ring magazine and other sources. Doesn't really make any sense, does it? Sports results are public information.

emile · Post by **emile** » 22 Apr 2007, 21:29

Wasn't MLB recently trying to claim copyright on their boxscores?

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060808/1850214.shtml

Didn't work though.

Musashi · Post by **Musashi** » 23 Apr 2007, 08:14

emile wrote:Wasn't MLB recently trying to claim copyright on their boxscores?

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060808/1850214.shtml

Didn't work though.

That's some funny stuff. Would it have pleased MLB if someone attending the game was keeping their own box score and not using "MLB's box score"?