200px|Footage from the Queensland Roar v Central Coast Mariners A-League football semi finalAn inquiry set up by the Australian Senate will decide where footage taken at sporting events can run. "The potential precedents for this are enormous," said the head of a major news agency. "This will set a global benchmark -- it has been coming to a head for a long time." Agence France-Presse, Reuters and Australian Associated Press boycotted the Australian cricket season because Cricket Australia required them to sign documents restricting the use of photos and video footage they [AFP, Reuters and AAP] collected. Journalists working for Fairfax Media and News Limited were almost banned from covering the 2006-07 Ashes Series after their respective organisations refused to sign accreditation documents. The issue was resolved.
200px|Footage from the Queensland Roar v Central Coast Mariners A-League football semi finalAn inquiry set up by the will decide where footage taken at sporting events can run. "The potential precedents for this are enormous," said the head of a major news agency. "This will set a global benchmark — it has been coming to a head for a long time." Agence France-Presse, Reuters and boycotted the Australian cricket season because Cricket Australia required them to sign documents restricting the use of photos and video footage they [AFP, Reuters and AAP] collected. Journalists working for Fairfax Media and News Limited were almost banned from covering the after their respective organisations refused to sign accreditation documents. The issue was resolved.
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