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So here's a fun game. Last month, a Brooklyn law professor posted the NFL's "express written consent" copyright notice thing to YouTube. The NFL, being the NFL, asked YouTube to take it down, which is kind of funny, actually.
But it gets better. The law professor counterpetitioned — and we're sorry Deadspin is using the word "counterpetition" today — YouTube, saying the clip fell under fair use, and YouTube agreed, in a rare moment of being reasonable in these matters. The NFL, being the NFL again, demanded that the video (a copyright notification video, we might add) be taken down, which, as it turns out, was actually illegal.
We don't understand the law of these matters, but we do enjoy watching the NFL run around in circles. We want someone to post a video of an NFL lawyer filing a counterpetition and put it on YouTube, just to make our heads explode.
Is The NFL Abusing Copyright Law? [The Fanhouse]
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Ah... Law nerd humor.
So t oday we're dealing with the corporate kind of "boobs," as opposed to the traditional kind.
Looks like everything's set for the 2-Minutes Hate.
Your Head A Splode!
I have a video of Roger Goodell having sex with a box turtle...if you're in to that sort of thing
The crazy part is that any "dissemination" is prohibited without express written consent. Does that mean that I can't tell you what happened in a game, or does it mean that Jeff Garcia has to have league permission to get his stomach pumped?
I'm guessing this falls under the "we have to enforce everything or the freaks can come out of the woodwork and say 'if you didn't do it there, how can you do it here?'" kind of deals?
I bet Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer could get to the bottom of this as sure as he could get to the bottom of his $5,000 lap pool.
There is actual brain matter seeping out of my head right now. I don't know how you law school kids do it.
"See that boat over there? They're rebroadcasting Major League Baseball with implied oral consent, instead of express written consent."
Hello. My name is Wayne Jarvis, and I'm obligated to tell you there is no free candy in this room.
Guy's a pro.
I don't get it...
what in the hell is this: Your comment has been received. It won't show up on the site until we approve it. am i in trouble or something?
He's very good.
I had an impure thought about the NFL today. If I say four Hail Marys and purchase $200 in NFL merchandise, can I be forgiven?
Are we in copyright infringment just by talking about this? The NF...I mean professional football is being a bit anal about their trademarks.
Hey NFL, if you are on the same side as Les Moonves when it comes to YouTube, it is not a good thing.
@Rob Iracane:
There is a lawyer where I work that didn't get one team through to the Sweet 16 in her tournament picks, so there you go.
Zach Parise's Shorty - I believe I too am on some sort of probation. Perhaps my submitting 40 comments per day that aren't funny has finally caught up to me.
Maybe this is the beginning of commenter executions? Which will sadly end with me being executed.
I've gone cross-eyed.
Ack! My head done asploded!
So this law prof posted the thing that says you are required to have express written consent without express written consent? REBEL!
I am anxiously awaiting his next YouTube video, where he removes the tag off a mattress.
@Rob Iracane: Law school - possible mistake. My decision to take IP law this term - definite mistake.
The Law Prof. chuckles quietly in his office while NFL Lawyers wipe away their tears with piles of money.
In the end, the NFL will only pay $3.76.
@PQ Crash: Do you mean the hosts of the Sup...Big G...fancy Sunday meetin' and ballplayin' extravaganza?
@JebusHChrist:
Executions already started, I just have a bulky neck.
NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL,NFL
@SagerBombs: Nutty law prof in question is a woman, or a man named Wendy.
@Tuffy: Shhh! You've said too much. Look out for the Gestapo!
@JebusHChrist: I'm getting the same message, but I was under the impression that it was due to my recent comment anorexia.
The professor is a SHE, you misogynists
SUPER BOWL
THE BIG GAME
THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
*hides under desk until they track me down and find me*
Has the NFL officially seceded from the United States yet?
Lawyer: That party-hardy attitiude is the exclusive property of the Duff Brewing Company
Duffman: Whatever happened to "fair use?" (pelvic thrust) (pelvic thrust)
this is like one of those things we're you're watching someone on Tv who's watching themselves on TV who's watching themselves on TV.....
@racistmascot_inc: You have infringed on my copyright to use a joke where a rich person wipes crocodile tears away with cash. I expect you to take down this comment immediately.
Step 1: Cut a whole in the box turtle?
@JebusHChrist: interesting, i havent even been on deadspin for almost a week...everytime i come back something is different!
@PQ Crash: That's crazy talk.
Even if true, it does little to damper my enthusiasm about my local team advancing to the Bi- ... er, the ... large athletic competition.
I actually wrote part of my masters' thesis on the DMCA... how sad is that? The NFL is abusing it...
plus the professor guy has a clear "fair use" claim for newsworthiness (17 USC 107) if she/he chooses to pursue it. I wonder why YouTube bothered to get involved though.
IP law... fun!
*hole
@Tuffy:
You gave me implied written consent, though.
If I'm going to watch someone chase their own tail on youtube, it ain't going to be the NFL.
CUE PUPPIES
The trick to working at a law firm is to forget about law school and get a job at the firm in the IT department, like I did. Sure, you don't make as much as the lawyers do, but you get to go home at a reasonable hour each night and you get your nights free. And you don't have to worry about all that law lingo.
Will i get in trouble if i refer to the En-Eff-El as the "American Oblong-ball Consortium?"
The NFL probably has lazy attorneys who only have one form letter to send out. Researching the issue and tailoring a second letter to actually address the issue would constitute "work".
@SagerBombs:
1) Invent game that sweeps nation
2) Copyright terms relating to said game
3) .....Profit
Implied or written consent never stopped Kobe. Or Zach Randolph. Or Ruben Patterson.
@racistmascot_inc: I did no such thing, Hogan.
@Keith Talent:
Lady lawyers!?! What a country.
As long as it's not just me I won't be so paranoid.
I think the Rejected Comments Theater on DUAN has prevented me from posting anything lately, as they're generally better written and/or far crazier than mine. I think maybe I'll go back to just reading Deadspin and cut the commenting.
@evilhomer: Let's just call it "soccer" and be done with the whole thing. And cause some confusion along the way.