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tony g vs. cardplayer
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Re: tony g vs. cardplayer
If he hasn't already done it, Tony should put up some fake chip counts on his site. Once they appear on Cardplayer too, he's got them.
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Re: tony g vs. cardplayer
I can't say that I like Tony G very much, but he makes a very strong argument that CardPlayer are ripping of PokerNews/Bluff.
It is a tricky legal argument as to whether sports "scores" (a category of content in which I would include chip-counts) are in the public domain once they have been published or not? Obviously the news that player X has just won a bracelet when an event is complete is public information. But a running chip-count is a bit more of a grey area. If someone were to publish them the following day, would that be acceptable use? No doubt this is one for the lawyers. |
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Re: tony g vs. cardplayer
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I can't say that I like Tony G very much, but he makes a very strong argument that CardPlayer are ripping of PokerNews/Bluff. It is a tricky legal argument as to whether sports "scores" (a category of content in which I would include chip-counts) are in the public domain once they have been published or not? Obviously the news that player X has just won a bracelet when an event is complete is public information. But a running chip-count is a bit more of a grey area. If someone were to publish them the following day, would that be acceptable use? No doubt this is one for the lawyers. [/ QUOTE ] MLB already tried (or is still trying?) it |
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I can't say that I like Tony G very much, but he makes a very strong argument that CardPlayer are ripping of PokerNews/Bluff. No doubt this is one for the lawyers. [/ QUOTE ] I just want to add that this would be a great time for Tony G to tell his people to report things better also. How people "triple up" from something like 12K to 60K on a hand is beyond me. I realize that these reports get generated often from someone who saw half the hand- or had it retold to them and their pen ran out of ink and they had to memorize and recount the action... but c'mon. That said- I hope if Cardplayer is blatantly doing this that they stop and or get caught redhanded. fwiw- how about throwing in some random fake names? When Ignacio Peter Freeleigh shows up at cardplayer after having been listed thru pokernews I think we can safely assume Matt Groening had nothing to do with it. |
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Re: tony g vs. cardplayer
fight fight fight!
Barry Schulman v. Tony G - cage match. |
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Re: tony g vs. cardplayer
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but he makes a very strong argument that CardPlayer are ripping of PokerNews/Bluff. [/ QUOTE ] Wasn't CardPlayer accusing Bluff of ripping them off in a video not too long ago? |
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Re: tony g vs. cardplayer
I have crossed swords with Tony G in the past, but I must say Pokernews's coverage of the series is excellent and Cardplayer is being very slimy if they are stealing the chip counts.
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Re: tony g vs. cardplayer
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[ QUOTE ] but he makes a very strong argument that CardPlayer are ripping of PokerNews/Bluff. [/ QUOTE ] Wasn't CardPlayer accusing Bluff of ripping them off in a video not too long ago? [/ QUOTE ] They did, although in that case the video proved nothing, other than that a Bluff writer was viewing CardPlayer.com |
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Re: tony g vs. cardplayer
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I can't say that I like Tony G very much, but he makes a very strong argument that CardPlayer are ripping of PokerNews/Bluff. It is a tricky legal argument as to whether sports "scores" (a category of content in which I would include chip-counts) are in the public domain once they have been published or not? Obviously the news that player X has just won a bracelet when an event is complete is public information. But a running chip-count is a bit more of a grey area. If someone were to publish them the following day, would that be acceptable use? No doubt this is one for the lawyers. [/ QUOTE ] There is an NVG thread on this. http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...=0#Post10664583 Check out the posts toward the end where a citation is made to a analogous situation with NBA scores. It may be bad form, but what they are doing isn't illegal. NCAces |
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