It's not clear that killing the draft would change the distribution of players that much: It's likely that the same struggling teams would be more willing to pay top dollar for rookies.

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The draft standard only covers the format of the content, not a copyright protection and distribution specification, said Kawell.

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The launch of the video, which is being translated into Portuguese, French and Dutch for wider distribution, coincides with expectation that the European Commission will shortly produce a new draft directive on the transport of animals.

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