I'm failing to see what's wrong with this. I also don't see how an organization like the NBA or FIFA or whoever can make a claim to "own" the events of a game.
The sale of exclusivity rights seems like the scam: The premise that one can copyright an event itself and not just a particular recording of it.
If someone is there and recording I say that should be OK. If another person aggregates the views of multiple such recorders then they would need to obtain permission from each.
Reconstructing the entirety of a game with virtual players is already legal and amounts to an original work. Where's the problem?
The sale of exclusivity rights seems like the scam: The premise that one can copyright an event itself and not just a particular recording of it.
If someone is there and recording I say that should be OK. If another person aggregates the views of multiple such recorders then they would need to obtain permission from each.
Reconstructing the entirety of a game with virtual players is already legal and amounts to an original work. Where's the problem?