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Cricinfo 3D virtually lets you watch the World Cup
Say you've got a cricket website and you're planning on doing extensive coverage of the World Cup. Now say someone else has snatched up the exclusive rights to broadcast the matches? What do you do?Well, the obvious answer would be to try to license clips from Sky (the exclusive broadcaster of the World Cup). But Cricinfo is taking the road less traveled and using computer animation to recreate virtual versions of each match.
Of course, visitors to the web site will be a little behind (by between 3 and 12 balls), and they'll be watching players that bear a striking resemblance to The Sims.
There seems to be some question as to whether this violates Sky's copyright. If Cricinfo is basing their animations on Sky's video, the company's probably breaking the law. If they're reconstituting the game based on other information, it's probably legal, if a bit shady.
[via Boing Boing]
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