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Thou Shalt Not View The Super Bowl on a 56" Screen

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-like-the-fourteenth-commandment-right dept.

theodp writes "For 200 members of the Immanuel Bible Church and their friends, the annual Super Bowl party is over thanks to the NFL, which explained that airing NFL games at churches on large-screen TV sets violates the NFL copyright. Federal copyright law includes an exemption for sports bars, according to NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy, but churches are out of luck. Churchgoers who aren't averse to a little drinking-and-driving still have the opportunity to see the game together in public on a screen bigger than 55 inches."

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  1. So... by rakuen · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I have a 60" TV, and no one is around to watch it, does it violate copyright?

  2. Oh yay by ObjetDart · · Score: 5, Funny

    Religion and football...two things that I couldn't possibly care less about. I hope they obliterate each other in a spectacular orgy of litigation.

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  3. Pffft. This is easy. by Associate · · Score: 5, Funny

    All the churches need are liquor licenses. They can sell communion wine and hot wings. Insta-church-sports bar. Eat that NFL. No one fucks with the Jesus.

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    1. Re:Pffft. This is easy. by rishistar · · Score: 5, Funny

      Exactly why he died a virgin.

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  4. Re:You heretics by Stanislav_J · · Score: 5, Funny

    The real WTF is, people in the USA watch football in churches? How the fuck is that not somehow blasphemous?

    In some parts of the U.S., football is the dominant religion.

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  5. Re:Good luck with that, NFL by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 5, Funny

    HAHAHA! Where is their God NOW?!

  6. Thank god... by jadin · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is to keep church members from seeing 56 inch nipples.

  7. Re:Good luck with that, NFL by servognome · · Score: 5, Funny

    HAHAHA! Where is their God NOW?!
    At the bar I guess.
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  8. Re:Why can live sports events be copyrighted? by frieko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or in the case of a Patriots game, the whole thing is fixed! /cheap shot

  9. Why does nobody else play American Football? by MrSteveSD · · Score: 5, Funny

    Both of Britain's main sports (Football and Cricket) are played quite widely internationally, yet American football does not seem to have taken the world by storm. I suppose one consolation of this is that the US always wins, but wouldn't it make more sense to concentrate all those resources on games that are more popular internationally?

    Come to think of it, the other main US sport, Baseball, is not hugely popular around the world either. According to Wikipedia it is less popular than volleyball and table tennis. Maybe the US is onto something here. Perhaps we can copy this idea in Britain. We need to ditch the sports we keep losing at, like soccer, and invent a new one that nobody is interested in. Then we will finally be world champions :)

  10. Re:Good luck with that, NFL by OptimusPaul · · Score: 5, Funny

    What!? As an american it is our duty to watch the super bowl. And as good god fearing men we are obligated to, that's why it's on Sunday. Now come on people let's follow the rules, there is nothing better than a day of bowling, especially super bowling... now when is it on?

  11. The end result? by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd call the NFL's bluff. Jesus was a pretty rebellious and rock the boat sort of guy. He didn't back down from the Roman's or Pharisees, he told people how it was, associated with unwed women and whores, and scared those in power.

    And got crucified for it.

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