Posted on 02/01/2007 12:49:16 PM PST by Publius Valerius
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The NFL has nixed a church's plans to use a wall projector to show the Colts-Bears Super Bowl game, saying it would violate copyright laws.
NFL officials spotted a promotion of Fall Creek Baptist Church's "Super Bowl Bash" on the church Web site last week and overnighted a letter to the pastor demanding the party be canceled, the church said.
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But the NFL objected to the church's plans to use a projector to show the game, saying the law limits it to one TV no bigger than 55 inches.
The church will likely abandon its plans to host a Super Bowl party.
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NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league's long-standing policy is to ban "mass out-of-home viewing" of the Super Bowl. An exception is made for sports bars and other businesses that show televised sports as a part of their everyday operations.
"We have contracts with our (TV) networks to provide free over-the-air television for people at home," Aiello said. "The network economics are based on television ratings and at-home viewing. Out-of-home viewing is not measured by Nielsen."
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"It just frustrates me that most of the places where crowds are going to gather to watch this game are going to be places that are filled with alcohol and other things that are inappropriate for children," Newland said. "We tried to provide an alternative to that and were shut down."
Other Indiana churches said they are deciding whether they should go through with their Super Bowl party plans, given the NFL's stance.
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The place to get even with the NFL is with your respective state legislators who vote for public funding of stadiums and tell them no more public funding.
Matthew 28:1
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
The Greek (the language which the New Testament was first written) uses the same word/spelling for Sabbath and week ('sabbaton').
I don't pretend to be a Greek grammarian, but at the Resurrection, there seems to be the ending of one Sabbath, and the establishment of a new one: 'At the end of th sabbath...as it began to dawn on the first day of the sabbath'.
The other three Gospels make similar references to the first day of the Sabbath (week).
Or you can just go with the statements in Acts and 1 Corinthians that show that Believers now gathered on the first day of the week:
Acts 20:7a
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread,
1 Corinthians 16:2
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
But be that as it may, I'm not going to begrudge anyone who wants to worship on Saturdays. Just worship the LORD:
Romans 14
4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
What law is that?
"Pastor John D. Newland said he told the NFL his church would not charge anyone and that it would drop the use of the forbidden words."
What law is that?
"Pastor John D. Newland said he told the NFL his church would not charge anyone and that it would drop the use of the forbidden words."
Our churc does it that way all the time. We show a fair number of spiritual movies and we can't charge for most of them, so we just take a head count and charge people for popcorn, beverages, and snacks. We do the same thing at our choir concerts.
Its a point of copyright law that most do not understand. If you knowingly allow anyone to violate your copyright, that copyright can become invalid. If they allow a church to do it, then anyone can do it.
The NFL is not sneaking around spying on churches and really could care less if churches do this. This church promoted the event and it came to the NFLs attention. They are obligated to say no and would be derelict to the interests of their owners if they didn't.
WWW.NFLMedia.com
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If you've been granted credentials for Super Bowl XLI but have forgotten your password , please click here."
Apparently, they don't want to be contacted.
None of the other quotes say the Sabbath was moved to Sunday. The disciples broke bread on Sunday, but it doesn't say they observed the Sabbath. Technically, any day could be a "day of worship," but only Saturday can be the Sabbath (by definition).
Its entirely your call. I'd just keep Isaiah 58 in the forefront of your mind:
Isaiah 58
13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
That's a good common sense question.
Which may well be the NFL's problem. I wonder if they'd harass a mosque that planned the same thing.
The cable/satellite providers charge sports bars based on the number of seats in their establishment and Nielson etc know what those numbers are and factor them in.
Then charge for the snacks directly, rather than admission.
Even on the West Coast, the Super Bowl doesn't start until 3:30-4. It shouldn't interfere with the service.
So if I have a private party at my home and project it on a screen bigger than 55 inches, it's illegal. Should I turn myself in now.
That's ridiculous. Everyone refers to the Super Bowl.
Whatever, it will be showing at our church. Ha.
What if you have a 60 inch television? ;^)
The NFL is being penny wise and pound foolish.
this is a defect in the Neilson system.
So now all this chuch need do is sell a spagetti luncheon and advertise they have a projection screen TV without mentioning the foot ball.
Quite frankly the more social the event becomes the better it is for the NFL.
Also for the fact it is IN the church as part of the church's regular operation, then the NFL has nothing to complain about with their own reasoning.
Somewhere in the NFL there is a desk jockey suffering from cranial rectal self insertion.
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