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Saturday, February 02, 2008

NFL Goes After Public Superbowl Parties

Including those at churches.

I can understand the NFL wanting to protect its content, but it seems to me that the cost of going after parties like this - both in terms of money spent and good will lost - would be more than the revenue lost by just letting them happen.

Comments

I’d like to see this taken to court. The NFL would lose poorly. You can’t restrict people from watching free TV. It doesn’t matter if there’s 2 people watching...or 200,000. The NFL doesn’t have a leg to stand on here, and I’d love to see someone call their bluff.

Kenny on February 2, 2008 at 06:35 am

As the NFL probably wrote this section of copyright law , I doubt they would lose.

I’m gonna live forever

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WOOF on February 2, 2008 at 08:14 am

You can’t restrict people from watching free TV.

I’m with Kenny on this one. You can watch TV in public on a 42” set, but not a 60” set?
This one rather* strains credulity.

*Not Dan, who also strains credulity!



Those who think the party or the country, will be “taught a lesson” by handing the levers of power over to the liberals will learn a lesson, but it will be at the expense of our country and her liberties. And there are no guarantees that the party or the country will come out stronger, more conservative or better positioned to win elections against the incumbent liberals.

Proof on February 2, 2008 at 09:03 am

The NFL… aren’t these the same folks who just destroyed video evidence of illegal Patriots ‘spy’ activity? More power to ‘em. More and more and more…


"Here lies, in honored glory, an American soldier, known but to God.”

THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT TWO THINGS: WINNING THE WAR ON TERRORISM AND SAVING THE SUPREME COURT.

pparets on February 2, 2008 at 10:41 am

Corporate America at it’s best.
However the law is the law.

ellinas on February 2, 2008 at 01:03 pm

Corporate America

Another meaningless buzzword from the business-hating lefties.  There’s no such thing.


"If the good men are silent only the wicked are heard.” - Edmund Burke

robert108 on February 2, 2008 at 01:08 pm

As the NFL probably wrote this section of copyright law , I doubt they would lose.
I’m gonna live forever

Of course they would lose. They don’t have a leg to stand on. There is no copying or taping of their material going on. Usually these things are potluck, but if there is a charge, it’s only to cover the price the church paid to buy snacks or order pizzas or whatnot. So they can’t go after the church for making money off their product. Copyright laws protect the intellectual property of (in this case) the NFL by making sure the broadcast can’t be recorded, stolen, sold or used for a profit. These laws apply identically to everyone.

The NFL can certainly add a little disclaimer that no one can watch football in a church at the beginning of their broadcast...but that isn’t a legally binding prohibition. When you put your product out on free TV, anyone with a TV can watch it. Anyone without a TV can go to a friend’s house who has a TV. And if, instead of 200 people watching it on their home TVs, they all want to watch it at a church, then so be it. What would their argument be? People who were going to watch the game...watched the game?

If I choose to watch the game on a black and white TV, or through a fish tank, or decide to buy a projector and watch it on the side of the house, I’ll do so. If I had the money, I’d buy a 70 inch screen and invite the entire neighborhood to come watch the Superbowl.

Kenny on February 2, 2008 at 02:07 pm

Corporate America

Another meaningless buzzword from the business-hating lefties.  There’s no such thing.

robert108 on February 2, 2008 at 01:08 pm

You are IMHO, misrepresenting the truth.

ellinas on February 4, 2008 at 04:59 pm
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