Update (28th Jan 2014): The interim injunction will stay, as per the Delhi High Court, following Cricbuzz and ESPNCricinfo's refusal to pay Rs 10 lakh for a licence to provide live updates. More at Outlook. Hat Tip: Nikhil Mehra. In our opinion, the decision to not take a license is a prudent one, because taking a license amounts to accepting that MSM has the right to prevent reporting of Cricket updates and scores. Buying a license sets a precedence for future cases, and imagine a situation wherein these websites have to buy a license to report live on all sports and events. This means that commentary will be delayed for the rest of the series. In case you're an app developer and have received notices like the ones STAR had sent in the past (see this and this), for coverage of Cricket on apps, please share a copy of the notice with us at nikhil at medianama dot com. 25th Jan 2014: Premier cricket websites ESPNCricinfo and Cricbuzz have delayed reporting of Cricket scores and providing ball by ball commentary online, following an interim order from Delhi High Court order, which we had reported about yesterday. This is following a case filed by Multi Screen Media, which has the TV, Internet and Mobile rights to the series, and is broadcasting the series on its TV channel Sony Six and online at Sony Liv. We checked, and here's what we noticed: On ESPNCricinfo - Delay: the commentary and scores online appears to…
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