Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New Trophy's
New trophy room comments
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Classifieds
Trophy Room
New items
New comments
Latest content
Latest updates
Latest reviews
Author list
Series list
Search showcase
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Off Topic TN Forums
Sports talk
College sports is dead
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Mescalero" data-source="post: 5136062" data-attributes="member: 21439"><p>Reading an unrelated story, and a thought occurred to me. I hope the student-athletes get good advice and that the schools provide for it. That unrelated story had a photo of a player and under it ran the name of the photographer and publication in which that photo first appeared. Now let's say that player posted that photo of himself in an Instagram post. That's probably fair use. But when he posts that photo catching a TD pass and is promoting say a sports beverage, that's commercial use and if he doesn't have permission or doesn't provide attribution, that's copyright infringement. Plus, his team Jersey, helmet, mascot, etc are all trademarked. His school will warn him. Once. The USA Today, Tennessean, Columbus Dispatch, AL.com will send a cease and desist letter followed by an enforcement action if he does it again. Players will get sued for infringement, violating endorsement contracts, and the IRS and state departments of revenue will enforce their bite.</p><p></p><p>All in all, a good thing IMO, but the kids gotta get good guidance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mescalero, post: 5136062, member: 21439"] Reading an unrelated story, and a thought occurred to me. I hope the student-athletes get good advice and that the schools provide for it. That unrelated story had a photo of a player and under it ran the name of the photographer and publication in which that photo first appeared. Now let’s say that player posted that photo of himself in an Instagram post. That’s probably fair use. But when he posts that photo catching a TD pass and is promoting say a sports beverage, that’s commercial use and if he doesn’t have permission or doesn’t provide attribution, that’s copyright infringement. Plus, his team Jersey, helmet, mascot, etc are all trademarked. His school will warn him. Once. The USA Today, Tennessean, Columbus Dispatch, AL.com will send a cease and desist letter followed by an enforcement action if he does it again. Players will get sued for infringement, violating endorsement contracts, and the IRS and state departments of revenue will enforce their bite. All in all, a good thing IMO, but the kids gotta get good guidance. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Off Topic TN Forums
Sports talk
College sports is dead
Top