[CS-FSLUG] CBS Fined $550K for Super Bowl Broadcast

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Quoting Fred Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com>:

> > I also wonder how appropriate it is to attach a fine to something that
> > takes place "accidentally" (whether the act was intentional by the person
> > who committed it I'm unsure, but I doubt it was done with CBS approval) on
> > a live event.  Is the half-time show actually put on by CBS, or is it
> > organized by the NFL?
>
> From what I've read from several sources, someone at the NFL did know in
> advance, and the company that put the "event" on at half-time DID know. That

Well, did anyone at CBS know?  If it was an NFL event (ie. they're selling the
seats in the stadium as well), then shouldn't they have been the ones hit with
this fine rather than CBS?

> company, the name of which I don't remember, has VERY close times to CBS. Of

The question is, how reliable are your sources?  Where did you get the info
from?

David