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GOTCHA! NFL SUES 19 BUSINESSES FOR ALLEGEDLY PIRATING GAMES

11.26.1996

          The NFL filed three separate lawsuits yesterday against
     19 bars, restaurants, and hotels in Maryland, Minnesota and
     Nevada for allegedly "illegally intercepting" NFL game
     telecasts.  In the Baltimore and Las Vegas suits, the NFL
     claims that seven local businesses showed NFL games without
     an NFL Sunday Ticket commercial license agreement.  The
     Sunday Ticket agreement allows subscribers to air all Sunday
     afternoon local and out-of-market games, with the exception
     of games blacked out locally.  The Minneapolis lawsuit
     charges five businesses with having shown blacked-out home
     games of the Vikings (NFL).  In Minnesota, Rachel Blount
     notes the NFL has sued more than 200 establishments for
     signal piracy in the last three years and has won every case
     (Minneapolis STAR-TRIBUNE, 11/26).

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