On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 8:30 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote:
> Three thoughts re: the rights issue - > > 1) The previously mentioned picture of Gordie Howe > 2) The use of Howe's NHL statistics before the end credit roll - maybe NHL > claims ownership over this data, and FOX didn't clear it? > 3) The image of "Gomer Pyle, USMC" that appears (in animated form) on the > TV at one point in the episode? > It's not number 2: the courts (and I'm sorry I can't grab the actual case) have ruled that statistics from sporting events are considered facts. It went back to an MLB case where they tried to shut down every fantasy baseball league because they "owned" the data from their games. The courts ruled (IIRC) they couldn't own a public fact (since their games were public events) or a compilation of said facts. Sidebar: at some point the NHL's big annual fact/record book had a "Terms Of Use" section trying to argue the same thing. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
