Forget that Angelo Matthews is on a break, because the real cricket controversy plaguing fans around the world is not happening on the field, but in the murky landscape of online video copyrights.
On Sunday, Rob Moody – a Melbourne native known to cricket fans around the world – tweeted that his cricket YouTube channel Robelinda2 no longer exists.
Moody has filmed virtually every professional game played in Australia since 1982/83, and the world has relied on his eclectic collection to fix the cricket situation during the 2020 worldwide lockdown.
An account called @MarhabaCricketIndia, which claimed “legal and exclusive digital rights”, threatened it with several copyright strikes.
“We are open to constructive dialogue and hope for a quick resolution that takes into account the rights and interests of all participants,” the account said in a statement subsequently released.
Moody never made a penny from his Aladdin’s Cave footage, but says he’d like to make a deal, if only so he could upload the missing videos in an accessible location rather than having to search through back-to-back hardcore videos. . goes to his home.
The cricket world reacted to events faster than Sri Lanka’s chinstrap specialists. Australian cricket commentator and journalist Geoff Lemon tweeted that this disappearing archive of cricket footage, many dating back to the 1980s, was like “the burning of the Great Library of Alexandria”.
I Accidentally wakes Moody up with a phone call – after fulfilling numerous media obligations in Australia the day before, he needed a good night’s sleep. Was Tuesday the first day of his entire life?
“There’s so much going on, it’s crazy,” he says. “I didn’t do anything on the channel all year, and then suddenly, out of nowhere, it disappeared.
“I have no idea who Maharba Cricket is. With something like this, there’s always the risk of your account being deleted, but there’s a lot out there, and not just what I’ve made public, there are also videos in there that I haven’t posted (publicly).
“There are also a lot of personal videos. They’re probably all on your hard drive somewhere, but finding them may take a while.
He’s not wrong. Previous footage from VHS tapes was transferred into 25 folders at his home, each containing 1,000 CDs. It gives you an idea of the scope of what it essentially means to spend a lifetime covering the sport he loves. The entertainment that the cricket world owes to John Wayne.
“The home theater revolution happened in the ’80s, and that’s exactly what it was: a revolution,” he says.
“All of us Australian kids remember our dads watching the same John Wayne film over and over again and then came the cricket moments.
“In my case, I never got to see how the game ended. The recording ended mid-game, so I had to record every other game of the 1982-83 one-day series so I wouldn’t have to put up with watching half of Australia’s World Series against England at the Gabba. It was the fight of the pigs in Botham when a pig with his name was sent to the field.
Moody then began recording every cricket match shown on Down Under, and also mastered the editing skills he learned from those who put together 21-minute highlight packages of Australia’s international matches on Channel 9. He had no idea what the appetite was. his work around the world would develop a generation later.
“Everyone wants to see it—nobody says, ‘Hey, look at our archive from 2012, nobody cares,’” he says. “It’s a huge nostalgia trip. I tested this by putting something stupid in the 80s and something good in 2012. I posted a video of Viv Richards throwing a ball and it went crazy.
“I also have a few others that I want to release. I’ve met all four Glenn McGraths in Test cricket – they’re all rubbish. I also have every piece David Boon has ever done, in chronological order.”
Some of them may be niche, but Moody’s core points have stood the test of time. Still.
Source: I News
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