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I was actually going to write a post about how sick I was of people bitching at DirecTV and the NFL for not providing the NFL Network to the entire country. You don’t like it? Tough effing knuggies – go get a satellite dish. I’ve got the NFL Network and personally, I love it. Well, I thought I did.
Then I tried to watch the first half of that Redskins-Bears game last night and I’m sorry, but for all the good that Chris Collinsworth does as an announcer (don’t get me wrong, he’s great), Bryant Gumble takes it all and more away with his bland, humorless and Z-inducing play-by-play. The second half of the game, for the rest of you who don’t fit in the 80k elite club, was actually pretty good. Todd Collins threw his first touchdown pass since 2002. The Bears defense was ravished like [filll in celebrity snizz here]. But none of that is what sent me over the top.
In fact, I was even calmed a little by the spice at the ending, particularly when Garrett Wolfe tried to liven up the Chi-town offense by nearly getting them in end zone near the end of the fourth. (And real quickly, what does the fact that Chris Collinsworth knows little to nothing about Garrett Wolfe say about the state of affairs of professional announcing? If Collinsworth “thinks Wolfe tries really hard”, meaning he blatantly never watched him at Northern Illinois, how in the hell can we expect for Emmitt Smith to pronounce “Ngyuen” correctly?) So I actually enjoyed the second half. Of course, I’m not a Redskins fan, so I didn’t have to watch them get further out of the lottery while losing their quarterback.
No, what sent me over the top on hating the NFL (love the product though guys!) was the three emails I received from Youtube this morning:
YouTube | Broadcast Yourself™
Dear Member:This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by The National Football League claiming that this material is infringing:
- name of various football related video -Please Note: Repeat incidents of copyright infringement will result in the deletion of your account and all videos uploaded to that account. In order to avoid future strikes against your account, please delete any videos to which you do not own the rights, and refrain from uploading additional videos that infringe on the copyrights of others. For more information about YouTube’s copyright policy, please read the Copyright Tips guide.
If you elect to send us a counter notice, please go to our Help Center to access the instructions.
Please note that under Section 512(f) of the Copyright Act, any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification may be subject to liability.
Sincerely,
YouTube, Inc.
I’m not surprised, but I mean, really? I can’t videotape crazy football plays on my digital camera and use them for non-profitable (seriously, buy some more shirts asshole) purposes that include mainly a) my enjoyment and b) enjoyment of my friends and fans the one or two random people who read this blog and watch the videos we upload? What a total load of crap. I’m not trying to steal video of the NFL season to make a highlight mix … I don’t even have a good television to film it on. Alls I effing want is to be able to take things on television that I find funny or cool and put them in video format for the rest of the world to watch. Instead, now when you go here, here or here, well, I’m sorry but that shit is no longer available.
And I get this is a capitalistic society. I get that there are copyright infringement laws so people don’t try and profit off the NFL’s product. Hey, I’m cool with that. But you know what? I’m a GD cash coughing consumer – fuck man, I hemorrhage money when I get around professional football – and if I want to film a play or two for my humorous benefit, well fuck you NFL. And fuck you Roger Goodell. Yeah, I know you have nothing to do with it, but that last one was for Pacman.
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I tried to get DirectTV but the trees around my house were too tall and i couldn’t get a signal, so they wouldn’t install it. . .meaning the only way I can watch the NFL Network is by grabbing a chainsaw and taking down about six of the 70 ft tall trees surrounding my house. So the NFL is advocating the destruction of forests. Roger Goodell hates trees.