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Out of a Rare Super Bowl I Recording, a Clash With the N.F.L. Unspools
The New York Times ^
| 02 Feb 2016
| Richard Sandomir
Posted on 02/02/2016 9:29:50 AM PST by Theoria
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To: ifinnegan
A million bucks to the NFL is like $10 to you and me. Cheapskates.
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posted on
02/02/2016 9:53:33 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Makes a lot of sense for the NFL to buy it.
And this has been going on for a long time.
This isn’t the first article I’ve seen about it.
I agree that the rights are not as clear-cut as the lawyer quoted in the article makes it out to be.
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posted on
02/02/2016 9:53:35 AM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Secret Agent Man
“Establishes he was not involved in any way with recording this or knowig about it til way later on.”
Given he was born after the event, that seems not to be the case.
It’s cloying human interest writing.
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posted on
02/02/2016 9:55:17 AM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Theoria
might never be seen on any network. The N.F.L. does not want to buy the tapes and has warned Haupt not to sell them to outside parties or else the league will pursue legal action.Arrogant Pukes....
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posted on
02/02/2016 9:57:55 AM PST
by
catfish1957
(I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
To: Theoria
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posted on
02/02/2016 9:58:12 AM PST
by
TexasCajun
(#BlackViolenceMatters)
To: Kartographer
According to the story the is a digital copy of the 2 inch analog tape.
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posted on
02/02/2016 9:58:18 AM PST
by
TalBlack
(Evil doesn't have a day job...)
To: Bender2
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posted on
02/02/2016 9:59:19 AM PST
by
catfish1957
(I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
To: Theoria
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posted on
02/02/2016 10:01:31 AM PST
by
Mozilla
To: TalBlack
Still the Tape is 50 years old and I am sure it is not stored under the best of conditions.
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posted on
02/02/2016 10:07:26 AM PST
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Theoria
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posted on
02/02/2016 10:08:58 AM PST
by
Southack
(The one thing preppers need from the 1st World? http://tinyurl.com/ktfwljc .)
To: Mr. K
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posted on
02/02/2016 10:12:02 AM PST
by
Garvin
(Age does not guarantee wisdom, and a college degree does not guarantee intelligence.)
To: Theoria
Didn't Bing Crosby have somebody film at least one World Series game (because he couldn't watch it), and it being offered at a Crosby auction about five years ago?
What did the MLB do?
To: Theoria
If he has the only copy, why was the game re-broadcast last week?
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posted on
02/02/2016 10:12:42 AM PST
by
subterfuge
(TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!)
To: ifinnegan
Meanwhile, the NFL shells out about 60 Mil annually for whatever it is that Roger Goodell does, corruption, mendacity, and all.
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posted on
02/02/2016 10:15:41 AM PST
by
DPMD
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To: DPMD
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posted on
02/02/2016 10:32:14 AM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Blood of Tyrants
A million bucks to the NFL is like $10 to you and me. Cheapskates. They are mostly incredibly wealthy and yet they will not part with a penny if they can find some way to scam people out of things. That is why they find stupid politicians and populations to pay for their stadiums while getting contracts that allow them to take any and all profits.
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posted on
02/02/2016 10:45:52 AM PST
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: Theoria
But the league does not seem to agree with him that the tapes are a significant enough part of its legacy that it should pay him what he wants. It countered his initial request for $1 million with a $30,000 offer. It never raised its price and is not interested anymore in paying anything at all.
The NFL under Goodell makes money from everything - they televise the NFL workout combine, they've turned the first round of the draft into a prime-time TV event, they dilute the game with worthless Thursday night affairs between the likes of Cleveland and Jacksonville on their own NFL network so they don't have to split ad revenue with a real network.
And they can't come up with $1 million for the only recording of the first Super Bowl. Pretty pathetic - that's been a word that comes to mind with great frequency under Roger Goodell and the current crop of owners.
To: Mr. K
Copyright laws are only good for 25 years, right?Wrong. Disney and the others keep making it worth the while of Congress to keep extending it. Otherwise, folks might actually be able to buy a legal copy of "Song of the South". I think this is what has happened:
1790 - 14 years plus one 14 year extension.
1831 - 28 years plus a 14 year extension
1909 - 28 years plus a 28 year extension
1976 - Life of author plus 50 years OR a flat 75 years for 'works for hire'
1998 - Life of author plus 70 years
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posted on
02/02/2016 10:53:21 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: Theoria
So, instead of a win-win deal, the NFL is bound and determined that the person who preserved the tape will not profit from it? Great public relations move, NFL!
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posted on
02/02/2016 11:06:22 AM PST
by
JimRed
(Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever!)
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