The No Fun League
I have often wondered how and why the NFL chooses the battles it does. I would guess that based on past displays of logos and copyrighted/trademarked material that they probably have a careful eye on some on the hobby.
On the one hand we want more publicity (as should the NFL) and on the other hand, the NFL, NFLPA is extremely stringent on who and how licenses are granted so if people are making $ off "likenesses" or are making $ off decals, stadiums, etc do they have a right to intervene?
We're small potatoes and unfortunately they go after a guy like Reggie or George when something is brought to their attention or perhaps they're doing ongoing web searches, etc. I'm a bit torn on this one as I can't say that they don't have the right to enforce something but at the same time things should be enforced universally in that case.
One thing that would be interesting at our convention would be a panel of a couple legal people to discuss patent and copyright law and how it relates to what we can and can't do. I actually know a good lawyer in Canton who specializes in patent and copyright law as he is the husband of our former nanny and they moved from MSP to Canton. I've always wondered where the line is drawn?
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