The “justified legal letter” from BCCi has forced the creator of the popular Australian podcast to take off “every video” related to their coverage of the ongoing Indian Premier League from their social media accounts.
Sam Perry and Ian Higgins, who hosted class cricket, received a legal announcement from BCCI and IPL this weekend.
“You may have noticed that every video of our coverage of this year’s cricket tournament was removed from YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, Instagram and X,” Perry said on Monday in a podcast.
“That’s something we did ourselves, we didn’t have what we didn’t happen to us, we have removed these videos. On Saturday evening we got a very polite legal letter about the elements of our content from the cricket tournament that we talk to you about how it specifically concerns this season.
“As a result, we decided to reduce these videos,” he added.
According to a report in “Sydney Morning Herald” “Legal warnings were related to the claims that the Kriketer Class IPL videos still represented photography from the tournament that BCCI considered used for” commercial “than” editorial “purposes.
It should be noted that IPL explains in its media counseling that the sound and videos they provide are exclusively for editorial use.
“The media can use video/sound of a press conference on their appropriate websites or mobile applications for editorial use. Video/press conference sound cannot be uploaded to social media platforms, including, but not only on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter),” IPL read.
Perry and Higgins are supposed to travel to India for several live performances this week.
“It is very important to realize that we will continue to publish the coverage of the tournament, in the same cadence we do. In fact, there will be more in the next few weeks because we will be in India,” Perry said.
“But our approach to content has been consistent for five years, right now we have a deeper understanding of what is and does not pass on the assembly.”
The class cricket produces a daily show called “Big IPL Breakfast” and will be renamed after development.
“We are considering changing our name for Big Cricket Tournament breakfast,” Perry said.
Published:
Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
28 April 2025
