Article: RU: International media boycott rugby World Cup


AAP Sports News (Australia)
09-06-2007
RU: International media boycott rugby World Cup

PARIS, Sept 6 AFP - Leading international news agencies on Thursday launched a boycott
of the 2007 rugby World Cup, plunging the event into controversy on the eve of its opening
game.

Agence France-Presse, Reuters, the Associated Press, Getty Pictures and the German
agency DPA said no text, photo or video news on the World Cup would be sent for 24 hours
in protest at restrictions imposed by the sport's governing body, on the transmission
of photos during games.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) restrictions will particularly hit the use of action
pictures on the internet.

"Fundamental rights are at ...

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