NFL claims copyright infringement on Chrysler Super Bowl commercial

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This shows you the insidiousness of things like copyright claims on online video. So apparently after Chrysler aired it's commercial list night, some people probably uploaded it to YouTube. As this was during an NFL broadcast, the NFL tagged those for copyright infringement, which (as I understand) would then trigger something on YouTube to sift through all similar videos that may have violated that copyright.

The result: The copy of the commercial on Chrysler's own YouTube channel was also flagged and is no longer available: http://www.youtube.com/chrysler

I see a lawsuit coming from Chrysler.

Here is the actual commecial: http://www.freep.com/article/201202...-Bowl-ad-copyright-violation?odyssey=nav|head
 
balladofwindfishes said:
I don't know

This has happened a few times before (legit videos being removed from companies that made them) and nothing major came out of it.
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Yeah, I doubt anything happens now... NFL will do something for Chrysler to make up for it. They're not going to screw over a big sponsor of all their broadcasts.
 
Why the hell would anyone copyright a commercial. The entire purpose of a commercial is to get the brand name out there to the public so that the goods and services could be purchased. I would think free distribution of said commercial would actually be desired instead of blocked.
 
balladofwindfishes said:
I don't know

This has happened a few times before (legit videos being removed from companies that made them) and nothing major came out of it.
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Yeah but they usually aren't million dollar errors. A large part of the justification for the nearly $15M Chrysler spent on this ad is for the morning after coverage, polls, etc. While I doubt anything serious comes of it, it's a pretty big deal.
 
BigDug13 said:
Why the hell would anyone copyright a commercial. The entire purpose of a commercial is to get the brand name out there to the public so that the goods and services could be purchased. I would think free distribution of said commercial would actually be desired instead of blocked.
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I never got this either.
 
BigDug13 said:
Why the hell would anyone copyright a commercial. The entire purpose of a commercial is to get the brand name out there to the public so that the goods and services could be purchased. I would think free distribution of said commercial would actually be desired instead of blocked.
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I'm guessing it has something to do with owning the primary sources for distribution so they can properly track views and get people looking at other official videos by extension...something like that.

Not saying that makes it a good idea, just saying I understand why some people would want to control things a bit to better track and help further push other products.
 
sangreal said:
NFL is saying that they had nothing to do with it and it is Google's fault



http://www.freep.com/article/201202...-against-Chrysler-s-Clint-Eastwood-ad-YouTube
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Bullshit. The NFL might not have made a direct request but I know for a fact they pay companies to scour the internet to send out C&D orders. One of their minions were probably overzealous and sent a report.

There is no one out there with the money or time to actually step up against these idiots. Look at that GM commercial that Ford is all mad about. They literally had the words 'CEASE AND DESIST' in the letter they sent to GM. GM just didn't give a shit.
 
planar1280 said:
NFL owns 'Half Time' is my guess
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GAF is known for great first responses, this has to be an early contender for worst of the year...

The NFL has been around since 1920.

Half time:
In some team sports such as association football and rugby, matches are played in two halves. Half-time (also written halftime or half time) is the name given to the interval between the two halves of the match.

History of half-time

The origin of changing ends at half-time lies in the early English public school football games. One early use of a fixed half-time, and it is suggested the origin of the practice, was to allow for two football teams each used to a different set of rules to play half of the game by familiar rules, and half by the opposition rules. This was practised notably between followers of Eton rules football (closer to modern association football) and Rugby rules football (closer to modern rugby Rugby union). This use of half-time was unnecessary after the standardisation of football rules in 1863 (see Laws of the Game).
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So half time was used to switch between soccer and rugby... BEFORE 1863, (when the Laws of the Game were standardized during the middle of the American Civil War).
 
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xbhaskarx said:
GAF is known for great first responses, this has to be an early contender for worst of the year...

The NFL has been around since 1920.

Half time:


So half time was used to switch between soccer and rugby... BEFORE 1863, so during the middle of the American Civil War.
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Yeah, well, this is the NFL. They tried to copyright the phrase "Big Game" a few years ago.
 
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