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Author Topic: "The Big Game" on Sunday Paul Konen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 981 From: Frisco, TX. (North of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-29-2004 01:26 PM                     Here in Dallas and maybe all around, the radio stations are not able to actually say "Superbowl" or even the team names. They have to dance around it. Anyone have any ideas as to why this is ? They have mentioned something in regards to trademarks.  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 01-29-2004 02:42 PM                     GO PATS!!!!!!!!! Anyway, no idea Paul.  |  IP: Logged Christopher Duvall Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: Denver, CO Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-29-2004 04:46 PM                     One of the radio stations her in Vegas will on call it the "BIG GAME" and one of the DJ's said it was due to legal reasons and trademarks. However a couple other stations actuall actually used the words "Super" and "Bowl" together in some promotions. Apparently you have to pay for the rights use the words "Super" and "Bowl" together at the same time. For my sake and Brad's, I did not use them together because I don't need to be bothered by the NFL. God forbid if I even think about taping a game.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-29-2004 05:12 PM                  Another example of the money-grabbing "professional" sports organizations/CORPORATIONS ripping off the fans & all us "peons"! JFC! NO ONE may say the words "Super Bowl" for fear of the Sports Police GOD striking them dead with a bolt of lightning! Besides, those idiots tout PEPSI as their official soft drink! YUK! What a bunch of jerks, eh Daryl? The endless circle of more and more costly event tickets to support more and more outrageous player salaries! I gave up on pro sports years ago for that reason. F 'em! BTW Rach: NE Pats? OH PULEEZE! See the below pic! If they win, I'll eat a bug! >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-29-2004 05:48 PM                     If I'm running a news organization either through radio, TV, print or web, I can use the term "Super Bowl". If the NFL wants to pressure people about trademark use they need to be told to blow it out their ass. One of the provisions of copyright and trademark law is "fair comment." You can legally use trademarks and copyrighted material in material that is "editorial" such as any news story. The only things you really have to be careful about is providing notice who owns the copyrighted/trademarked material and not use it in any kind of a scandalous way.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 01-29-2004 10:53 PM                        What is the deal with the guy in the center with the huge belt buckle? Seriously. He needs therapy. Why else would he have a buckle so big? Sure, "Superbowl" is a registered trademark, but you can still say it. Maybe you just can't use the term in promotions without consent ("win two tickets to the superbowl" etc). Otherwise you couldn't say ANTHING. You couldn't say anything like "I was driving my Honda down the street past the Pepsi Center when the Colorado Avalanche jumped in front of my car and committed suicide as I listened to my Sony MiniDisc recording of Guilty Gear X."  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 01-29-2004 10:55 PM                     quote: What is the deal with the guy in the center with the huge belt buckle? Perhaps a lot of guys would not wear those big rodeo belt buckles if they knew what many women whisper about them, "big belt buckle: tombstone for a dead dick."  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 01-30-2004 12:21 AM                     quote: BTW Rach: NE Pats? OH PULEEZE! See the below pic! If they win, I'll eat a bug! Ok Phil, you can post that picture of you eating a bug here on Film-Tech on monday. Do I get to pick the type of bug?  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 01-30-2004 12:24 AM                        Rach, it'll be a sea bug, a.k.a. lobster...  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 01-30-2004 03:45 AM                  Joe, that guy is Paul. He recently got paroled from serving 7 years for aggravated assault. That buckle isn't a tombstone as Bobby suggests, it's a dedication plaque to his "little mister" for the times he had in prison. >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 01-30-2004 10:13 AM                     Sports is dumb. Sports broadcasts were originally planned as a diversion to get people's minds off of real-world problems and it's been working ever since, single-handedly dumbing down the people of this nation. It's amazing what people do in the name of sports. More people have died as a result of professional sports than from any single schedule-1 narcotic. Even major broadcasters like CBS drop their advertizing policies if it means they can place such-and-such an ad on during the SUPERBOWL. Which reminds me: SUPERBOWLSUPERBOWLSUPERBOWL.... etc There. Now if they sue me they'll be lucky to get my Osram hat! =TMP= Mod edit: No Thomas. No. [ 01-30-2004, 09:32 PM: Message edited by: Joe Redifer ]  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-30-2004 11:54 AM                        Why in the heck is this thread so wide? Uh oh, it's Thomas's fault with that SUPERBOWLSUPERBOWL thing. Watch out buddy...now you'll have the NFL and Brad (or Redifer) on your case! [ 02-01-2004, 01:43 PM: Message edited by: Mike Blakesley ]  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 01-30-2004 02:06 PM                        Thomas is just mad because Florida doesn't have any professional teams that can compete in the real world.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-30-2004 02:26 PM                        Except for the "World Champion Florida Marlins." At least they beat the Yankees. Oh, yeah: Super Bowl...Super Bowl...etc.... The NFL can bite me.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-01-2004 12:32 PM                     Actually, making the thread wide like that was an accident. But nonetheless, I scrolled up and down amusing myself at the result and laughing hysterically for several minutes. I'm glad Florida doesn't have a professional whoever that can compete in the championship yadda yadaa... it reduces the chances of idiots going apeshit in the streets for one reason or another. We're lucky our college team sucks so we don't get much of that around this town. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged

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