Paris (AFP)
Several news agencies, including AFP, said in a statement Tuesday that they would reduce their coverage of the first FIFA Women's Football Convention on June 6 and 7 in Paris because of the restrictions imposed by the instance.
AFP, AP, Reuters or the Spanish agency EFE, among others, decided not to provide video coverage of the event, which takes place on the eve of the start of the Women's World Cup in France, and thus intend to protest against "the non-respect of their rights as creators of contents".
FIFA considers that "it holds the intellectual property of the videos produced by the press companies," complain the agencies, who complain that the body "already imposes restrictive controls for the publication and distribution of content."
According to the conditions imposed by Fifa during the Women's World Cup, images of training sessions on the eve of the matches must be removed after 48 hours, explain for example the agencies.
The Women's Football Convention is to bring together for the first time important personalities from the world of sport and politics to talk about the development and empowerment of women in football.
"The lack of independent video coverage will result in much less independent information for the public," he added.
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