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

[David M.]

On Thursday 23 September 2004 10:41 pm, listmail at rotundus.com wrote:
> 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?

How could anyone blame CBS or the NFL. They need to fine Janet Jackson and 
Justin Timberlake they are the ones that did it!

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