Fifa gives in to demand of the World Newspaper Association
During the World Cup in Germany, there will no longer be any restrictions on the publication of current photos on the Internet.
There will be no restrictions on the publication of current photos on the Internet during the World Cup in Germany. The agreement was reached on Monday after FIFA President Joseph Blatter met with the Chairman of the World Association of Newspapers WAN, Timothy Balding, in Paris. According to the agreement, Fifa has decided to abandon its strict restrictions on the publication of images of a match on newspaper websites after talks were first broken off by Fifa. The number of permitted images is now no longer limited and the photos may also be shown while the match is still in progress. Balding emphasized in the WAN communiqué that with this step, Fifa is supporting the traditional values of the free press and the free flow of information to the media and its users. Fifa had originally limited the number of photos per website and demanded that match photos only be published two hours after the end of the match.
