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Will Your Super Bowl Party Anger the Copyright Gods?
garg0yle writes "According to some folks, watching the Super Bowl on a television bigger than 55 inches is illegal. Is this true? Yes and no — long story short, if you're in a private residence you're probably okay, but if you're running a sports bar you may technically have to negotiate a license with the NFL. Just don't charge for food, or call it a 'Super Bowl' party, since the term itself is copyright."
so being in New Orleans, I'll have a "Who Dat" Party ... oh wait... "© Dat" Party.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/01/vitter_to_nfl_back_of_who_dat.html
I hope so.
Just don't charge for food, or call it a 'Super Bowl' party, since the term itself is copyright.
You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.
Can I call it a Superb Owl party?
In theory, practice and theory are the same. In practice, they're not.
Nerds have LAN parties, not Super Bowl parties.
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You see, I'm having a party where I'll be serving soup.
It will be served in my wife's favorite dishware.
And my son will be serving it when I tell him to.
It will start during the daylight hours.
So I told all my friends to come over for a "Soup her bowl, Son - Day Party".
Life, the Universe, and Everything... in my image.
My Bowl Party is going to be Super. so I'm having a Super "Bowl Party" not a "Super Bowl" Party. Entertainment Lawyers can go-for-a-Coffee as far as I'm concerned.
Who shot who in the what now?
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I'm having a Super Bowl Birthday Party.
I'm using my 60" TV and inviting 40 people.
We'll all sing Happy Birthday Super Bowl (slightly late).
I'm serving home-made McNuggets and KFC style fried chicken.
I'll be charging for food.
I'm using a HD PVR to record and re-broadcast it over my open WiFi hotspot.
I'm also streaming it live over the internet to anyone who wants to watch.
oh.. what was TFA about?
All your owls are belong to us.
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
This is news for nerds, remember?
Well, I'm going to be recording the Superbowl on my Linux-hosted Mythtv box. Then I'll use the automatic commercial flagging feature to skip over the game so I can see the ads.
Old political truism: Every Congressman is a pork-seeking self-centered bought-and-paid-for idiot. Except for my representative. He's okay.
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Actually, everyone saw the lack of clothing years ago after the Janet Jackson Nipplegate incident.
Thanks for the advice but I think I'm going to replace the commercials with my own making sure to
add "official sponsor of the Super Bowl" plastered all over it.
If I combine 7 cover versions of one song and get each channel on my 7.1 sound system to play one
would that violate all 7 copyrights at the same time?
Someone has successfully sued over a music track of silence.
Isn't not playing music a copyright infringement of 'silence'?
lol
Owned by an AC ....... Priceless