You know what I'm talking about. Those warnings at the beginning of football games that say "you can't use this telecast, or any representation of the events that are about to transpire without the commissioner of football personally coming to your house and patting your butt. Oh and the NFL now owns your dog too." Seems unreasonable doesn't it? Well it is, and a law professor was using it as an example of copyright holders exaggerating their rights. She used a short snippet (just the copyright warning) for educational purposes, which you might think would fall under fair use. But the NFL disagrees and sent her a DMCA takedown notice. Ah yes, the DMCA (that wonderfully thought out and well justified corporate fire blanket) strikes again. This but this time the irony of a false DMCA claim to shut someone up for pointing out false copyright claims is just too much. What kind of abuses are going to make our law makers take another look at this misguided and easily exploited law?
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