Lawrinson14
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it confuses me how this works.. the players go to colleges.. doing that they give up the rights to promote themselves to make money from their names. the colleges and the ncaa can and do. the magazines and tv then use their names to promote themselves tell stories etc , the NCAA then sells the rights to EA to use the schools/bldgs/mascots/ traditions in a game that tries to emulate the schools and yet they dont have the rights to show the players that if not in the game would not sell and the players who cant be paid sue to get paid?
Video games are third parties. The schools/NCAA are basically first parties and can use the players likeness to make money. This ruling basically said that third parties can not use collegiate player to make money if they do not pay the players.
The EA Sports agreement expired this year and the NCAA let them know a few weeks ago that they would not be renewed. Have to believe that's the end of likenesses in video games. Poor response, but it is what it is.
Only if the (WfVU) player is wearing school issued garb during commission of the crime.If a player can claim he deserves to be paid for his likeness wile in college, can a college sue a player who gets caught committing crimes, or for violating drug policies, for damaging the reputation of the school?
I think Sam Keller and Ryan Hart should be paid. EA used their likenesses without their permission and made money off them. It is a gross miscarriage of justice.
If a player can claim he deserves to be paid for his likeness wile in college, can a college sue a player who gets caught committing crimes, or for violating drug policies, for damaging the reputation of the school?
Those awards would have to be appealed as being excessive...I think Sam Keller and Ryan Hart should be paid. EA used their likenesses without their permission and made money off them. It is a gross miscarriage of justice.
As an objective third party arbiter, I award Keller $1 and Hart 15 cents.
Out of curiosity, would a network showing games be a third party as well?
Its not Just pay a freaking royalty.The EA Sports agreement expired this year and the NCAA let them know a few weeks ago that they would not be renewed. Have to believe that's the end of likenesses in video games. Poor response, but it is what it is.
Edit: Link> http://espn.go.com/college-football...a-not-renewing-contract-ea-sports-video-games
It depends.on whether the network is the original broadcaster or not. If not then the broadcaster is a third party. As to the original broadcaster, it depends on who the rights holders are and what is included in the agreement. Ex: The NCAA tourney is a property of the NCAA, they hold all the rights. CBS (I think) contracts for the broadcast rights. Game footage would belong to both (assuming a partnership type of deal, like the NFL where the home team and broadcaster hold the rights to game footage jointly). This is a nutshell oversimplification but should give you an idea of how things stand at the present time.So the networks are?...he says slowly and isn't sure that's what HtO just posted.
No names are used in NCAA games, just numbers.Just take the damn names off of the p layers in EA sports. Let the owner of the game decide what name to give his players. He will probably name them all after himself anyway.