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Actually what I work in but for AV not music. Can only imagine it would be a nightmare as you say. So much of it relies on reporting and it's all much easier to track as the stats seem a lot more transient than a song or film that you can register somewhere. Will try to keep an eye on it to see if it gets anywhere.
It does seem quite similar to the image rights issues on Fifa games that Ibrahimović had recently https://www.easportslaw.com/news/easports-image-rights-fifa
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Confusing that the law practice is called EA Sports Law when they're writing about EA Sports and law.
stats seem a lot more transient than a song or film
I just don't know how things like copyright strikes etc on YT would work. The fingerprint of music, image etc is the item itself. Some numbers in a table just wouldn't be identifiable in the same way.
Even if a judge agrees that players own this data, it would be impossible to maintain control over it.
Recording a match on your phone when you're there is already something prohibited (but not managed). Imagine banning pencil and paper if someone wanted to mark their programme etc.
I imagine it'll end up with some kind of body like the PRS for music, working to check the use of data and chasing for royalties. However, I'm really not sure how you can stop someone from using the data as it's less traceable than music, film, tv etc...