Missed in the week's work was this supporting tidbit to my earlier comment about On The Media's story regarding licensing of news footage in campaign material. Seems Russ Feingold of Minnesota was trying to make a joke with Vikings footage. Guess what happened next:
The National Football League has thrown a yellow flag at the campaign of Sen. Russ Feingold, saying a newly released campaign ad featuring a snippet of NFL footage was not properly licensed.
Our own mini-tempest about Razorback Stadium not withstanding, I think that only reinforces the point that while Professor Sonia Kaytal's concerns about the potential infringement of political speech via ads is valid, copyright is going to trump.
I have to give props to the quote of the morning on the commercial, posted by Tom Blumer at Media Busters:
The National Football League is whistling incumbent Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold's campaign team for illegal use of film.
Classic.
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
And On Cue, NFL Weighs In
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