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NFL Caught Abusing the DMCA

Posted by kdawson on from the poorly-chosen-victim dept.

Implied Oral Consent writes "You know how the NFL puts up those notices before every game saying 'This telecast is copyrighted by the NFL for the private use of our audience, and any other use of this telecast or of any pictures, descriptions or accounts of the game without the NFL's consent is prohibited?' Well, Ars Technica is reporting that Wendy Seltzer thought that that was over-reaching and posted a video of the notice on YouTube. Predictably, the NFL filed a DMCA Take Down notice on the clip. But Ms. Seltzer knows her rights, so she filed a DMCA Counter Notice. This is when the NFL violated the DMCA, by filing another Take Down notice instead of taking the issue to court — their only legitimate option, according to the DMCA. Unfortunately for the NFL, Ms. Seltzer is a law professor, an EFF lawyer, and the founder of Chilling Effects. Oops!"

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  1. Is she single? by ILuvRamen · · Score: 0, Funny

    lol I wonder if she'd single. I'd marry her :-D hehehe. Well anyway, anyone know what the NFL owes in fines or to her for issuing a second notice? it doesn't sound like it would be too bad cuz it's like a tiny little technicallity.

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    1. Re:Is she single? by mrbluze · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'd marry her too, except I think it would upset my wife and eight kids.

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    2. Re:Is she single? by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

      Copyright your DNA, and send a DMCA notice to your wife forcing her to delete or surrender the kids as unauthorized derivative works of your exclusive intellectual property.

      Then move in with Miss Seltzer.

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    3. Re:Is she single? by packeteer · · Score: 4, Funny

      For a picture of her go to http://icannwiki.org/Wendy_Seltzer.

      Shes actually not bad looking and when you take into account that she is a techie and on the good guy's side that's like +10 to charisma or something.

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    4. Re:Is she single? by frinkacheese · · Score: 5, Funny

      You gotta be joking! You'd last about 10 minutes, whenever you left the toilet seat up you'd be so wrapped up in litigation that you'd be lucky if you ever peed again!

    5. Re:Is she single? by mrbluze · · Score: 2, Funny

      For a picture of her go to http://icannwiki.org/Wendy_Seltzer. Shes actually not bad looking and when you take into account that she is a techie and on the good guy's side that's like +10 to charisma or something.

      Definitely gotta put the emphasis on charisma though. And hit points.

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    6. Re:Is she single? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      A couple days ago, a 17 year old girl won a 100,000 dollar science fair prize, and at least 1/3 of the comments were about whether she was hot or not. I can't believe I missed that discussion. So, uh... was she hot?
    7. Re:Is she single? by soft_guy · · Score: 1, Funny

      All Slashdotters are male.

      All Slashdotters are single.

      All Slashdotters are virgins.

      99% have never kissed a girl.

      95% have never spoken to a girl other than Mom whose basement they live in.

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    8. Re:Is she single? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      *shrugs*

      I'd fuck her, even if she wasn't a techy/goodguy lawyer.

      But since she IS, I'd perform at least a half hour of cunnilingus for her too.

      I know, I'm a dirty bastard, but I'm honest about it, especially anonymously. ;-)

    9. Re:Is she single? by theonetruekeebler · · Score: 4, Funny

      If you copyright your DNA you will have the greatest euphemism for masturbation so far: "exercising my intellectual property rights."

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  2. To quote Peter Griffin... by w00f · · Score: 2, Funny

    "ehh... uhhh... I uhhmm....ehh....what?" Seriously - posting a notice to take down a notice to post a notice of a takedown notice? Who keeps track of this crap?

  3. Whistle by truckaxle · · Score: 3, Funny

    Zebra adjusts volume on belt controller....

    "10 yards for Illegal Procedure by the offense, replay first down"

    1. Re:Whistle by cei · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sorry, ref. Can't replay first down without consent of the NFL...

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  4. Re:Just ridiculous notice to begin with by c.r.o.c.o · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Oh F*ck that, let's talk about world political events"


    You might be on to something here... :)
  5. Re:Just ridiculous notice to begin with by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heck, you could post any random sentence to your weblog and be inadvertently quoting John Madden's commentary during a football game.

  6. Re:Woo? by QuantumG · · Score: 1, Funny

    You forget, she's an EFF lawyer.. losing when there are overwelming odds in their favour is what EFF lawyers do.

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  7. Re:Here's an old photograph of her by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    that's no woman. That's a MAN baby!

    captcha: delights

  8. Re:Just ridiculous notice to begin with by The+Mad+Debugger · · Score: 2, Funny

    where MLB has at least 40-45 per season.


    Woah. You're out of touch by more than a factor of three..

    There's a reason that Baseball is the hardcore nerd sport. They try to play enough games to make statistically significant findings.
  9. Re:Just ridiculous notice to begin with by kingsean · · Score: 2, Funny

    5:00pm - I JUST got back into my dorm room, and what am I greeted with but some girl on my floor and her mom was sitting on a couch together enjoying some sort of hot beverage! I flipped out!. Because, I mean, if you see two women sitting together drinking tea, you know they're going to start talking about their monkey problems...

    Mood: Apathetic :|
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  10. She's a lawyer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You'd have to have a birth certificate signed by at least three separate and unrelated dieties worshiped by over 50 million people, to get the attention of a woman like that. Probably more like 100 million now that it's the 21st century. Inflation and all that. No, I am NOT posting under my real Slashdot name for fear of being modded down to China.

  11. If you have to ask... by HangingChad · · Score: 3, Funny

    What is wrong with you people?

    You must be new here.

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  12. Re:Just ridiculous notice to begin with by Bohiti · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not so much even random sentence.. a random sequence of words and grunts could quote Madden verbatim.

  13. Confusion by Pablo+El+Vagabundo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Exec: "Hey found this on Utube, man, kill it!!"
    Lawyer: "Sir, yes, Sir" {emails DMCA takedown}
    Lawyer: "WTF... !! Sir, they issued a counter takedown!"
    Exec: "What the hell is that?"

    Lawyer: "I'm not sure it has never happened before, it must be a mistake, I'll just email the takedown notice again... Maybe I should look up this DMCA in one of those big books I have in my office"

  14. Re:well, according to every coach ever. by kae_verens · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Know thine enemy"

    I wasn't aware that Sun Tsu spoke archaic English.

  15. Re:Astroturfers by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do I think a lot of the posts on this thread are astroturfers for the NFL?

    Because you're browsing at 0 or +1, probably.

    Up here in +3 Land, I see nothing but "LOL NFL = PWND" comments across the board.

  16. Your statement is offensive! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Imagine how these women feel if they read slashdot. Here they are, busting their asses to do something cool/good, they finally get some recognition, and the response is a debate on how nice her hips look or don't.

    I'm a boob man, myself

  17. Re:well, according to every coach ever. by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Know thine enemy"

    I wasn't aware that Sun Tsu spoke archaic English.
    Would you rather he spoke l33t?

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