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L.A.M.P.S
Landlords
Against Media
Protection
Services
More
than 80 Bolton
licensees have
formed an
action group
against
authorities
trying to halt
the screening
of Premier
League
football using
foreign
satellite
systems.
At
a two-hour
meeting with
foreign
satellite
suppliers,
hosts formed
the group
Landlords
Against Media
Protection
Services
(LAMPS).
Media
Protection
Services
investigates
the foreign
satellite
screenings of
Premier League
matches.
Licensees
decided to
take action
after three
pubs were
raided and had
equipment
seized in
September as
part of
criminal
investigations
into alleged
copyright
breaches.
Ken
Lord, Scottish
&
Newcastle Pub
Enterprises
lessee at the
Masons Arms in
Egerton, is
leading the
group.
"My
pub was raided
and police
seized my
gear. It made
me so angry -
I had to do
something,"
he said.
"I
have been
around Bolton
delivering
letters, and
the group has
grown from 12
to 80 at our
last meeting.
Everybody is
fed up with
the issue.
"We
are launching
a website and
are pooling
together a
fighting fund
to take this
to court. We
want a
definitive
judgement."
Lord
uses both Sky
and Setanta
but wants to
show all
Bolton
Wanderers
games.
"In our
eyes it's not
illegal. We
are paying for
a card and a
box.
"What
a sad country
we are
becoming if we
can't show a
football match
on TV - it's
not like we
are robbing
houses or
beating women
up. What has
happened to
our freedom of
choice - are
we living in a
dictatorship
or
democracy?"
LAMPS
will meet
again on 25
October and
has invited
police,
licensing
officers and
MPs to attend
the meeting.
Any other
Landlords or
interested parties
are welcome to
attend.
Granada
TV at
the Masons
Arms
20/10/2007
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Ken
Lord Landlord
of the Masons
Arms Being Interviewed
by Granada TV
Lamps
Discussion
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