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As a huge basketball fan I think this is great. As a US citizen roughly familiar with the NBA and how they come after platforms that use their content in ways t
by ra5 7y ago
As a huge basketball fan I think this is great. As a US citizen roughly familiar with the NBA and how they come after platforms that use their content in ways that they don’t condone (e.g., /r/nbastreams, RIP), I don’t see this lasting very long.
- sanchitg94 7y ago/r/nbastreams is an extreme because that directly affects league pass sales. Highlights / clips are probably less of a concern, but definitely still a concern. Adam Silver has said "The way we look at it: we’re incredibly protective of our live game rights, but for the most part, highlights are marketing" https://www.sporttechie.com/adam-silver-against-suing-nba-highlights-youtube/ https://www.sporttechie.com/adam-silver-against-suing-nba-hi... We also think that NBA itself, ESPN, and BleacherReport can benefit from this technology. There are a lot of potential use cases we think that can be unlocked with this. Right now we're going the consumer route first where they can see live clips, but we can see ourselves potentially working with one of the bigger players if they see value in this.
- mirthflat83 7y agoMaking clips of every play does not really seem to fit their definition of highlights
- sanchitg94 7y agoYeah you're right, we really just think if NBA sees this they may want to leverage this technology themselves since it can help them hopefully do a lot more, rather than just banning us completely.
- ta999999171 7y agoThe 30 best behind the back left-handed passes?! I'm stayin!
- tehlike 7y agoWebtorrent is taking off, there will be no way to prevent this realistically.
- forlorn 7y agoFYI /r/nbastreams -> sportsurge.net