https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/10/fantasy-sports-fair-use-and-the-first-amendment/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:41:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/10/fantasy-sports-fair-use-and-the-first-amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-30392 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:41:43 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7656#comment-30392 I’m worried that the NFL is going to come up with a mechanism which keeps track of the anvil and hammers within my ears and charge me a premium every time they vibrate the sounds “Peyton Manning” against my auditory nerve. Just last year they threatened a local church with a lawsuit for “broadcasting” the footgall which comes at the end of the playoffs, which happened to be between Indy and Chicago (Indy won). Footnote: http://www.theindychannel.com/sports/10902206/detail.html

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/10/fantasy-sports-fair-use-and-the-first-amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-30391 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:18:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7656#comment-30391 So, if CBS loses, does this mean that I will have to pay the celebs who I pick for my ‘Dead Pool?’

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/10/fantasy-sports-fair-use-and-the-first-amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-30389 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:47:53 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7656#comment-30389 I don’t see any way they can claim a right to the statistics. Factual happenings aren’t subject to coptright, are they?

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