One of the many things I like about my girlfriend is that she’s the one who wants us to get a bigger television. Of course, if we got too big a television, we might not be able to hold our annual Super Bowl party: the NFL is sending around its annual set of scare letters to anyone offering a public exhibition of the Super Bowl on a television larger than 55 inches. (Jacqueline L. Salmon, WaPo, “NFL Pulls Plug On Big-Screen Church Parties For Super Bowl”, Feb. 1). Yes, you’ve seen this story before: Feb. 3 and Jan. 31 last year.

Update: and at the WSJ ($).

The match continues between Brooklyn lawprof Wendy Seltzer and the National Football League (see Feb. 22)(Jacqui Cheng, “NFL fumbles DMCA takedown battle, could face sanctions”, ArsTechnica, Mar. 20; Lattman, Mar. 21; Ambrogi, LegalBlogWatch, Mar. 22).

Wendy Seltzer tries a little experiment, posting a video on YouTube of the NFL’s copyright notice displayed at the Super Bowl, not the football play itself. It takes five days for the takedown notice to arrive. (Feb. 13, Dec. 15)(via Volokh).

“Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction during the Super Bowl halftime show may be a lot of things, but it’s apparently not worth $5,000. A judge rejected a Utah lawyer’s claim that CBS owner Viacom should pay him $5,000 for having to see Jackson’s bared breast during the Feb. 1 show. Eric Stephenson, contending false advertising, sued Viacom in small-claims court.” (AP/San Francisco Chronicle, May 27). On the earlier Boobgate lawsuit by Terri Carlin of Knoxville, Tenn., see Feb. 5, Feb. 8 and Feb. 14.

By popular demand: “Terri Carlin wants to make Janet Jackson’s bare breast into a federal case.” (”Tenn. Woman Files Suit Over Super Bowl”, AP, Feb. 5; Randy Kenner, “State of undress causes distress”, Knoxville News-Sentinel, Feb. 5; complaint). See updates Feb. 8, Feb. 14 (case withdrawn); May 28 (another case loses).