[Infowarrior] - New NFL media policy = corporate suicide?

[Richard Forno]

Under NFL Rule, Media Web Sites Are Given Just 45 Seconds to Score

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In a move designed to protect the Internet operations of its 32 teams, the
pro football league has told news organizations that it will no longer
permit them to carry unlimited online video clips of players, coaches or
other officials, including video that the news organizations gather
themselves on a team's premises. News organizations can post no more than 45
seconds per day of video shot at a team's facilities, including news
conferences, interviews and practice-field reports.

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The new policy covers everything shot by news organizations within team
facilities. In addition to the 45-second-per-day limit, news organizations
must also provide a link to NFL.com and a team's Web site for any
team-related footage shown on those Web sites. The league also prohibits
news outlets from selling advertising tied to video gathered at a team's
facilities.

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The league says it will allow unlimited Web video of "stand-up" reports at
its facilities -- those in which a reporter speaks to the camera -- as long
as no players, coaches or action is shown. Nor will it restrict reporters
from producing still pictures or text stories while on team or league
property.