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  1. I'll bet the 'cease and desist' letter is already drafted and will be FedEx'd today. That ought to be a no brainer for the NFL. Speaking of no brains, why would Tom Wolfgram think it OK to use NFL photographs in one of his political ads??
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  2. For being so experienced, the Judge certainly isn't very smart. I think even my elementary student can probably recite the "without the express written consent of the NFL" mantra heard every single time a NFL game is televised.
  3. If he lacks such basic judgement in developing a commercial - how can he be on the bench?
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  4. If anything the NFL should sue for defamation of character, since he backed a baseless recall vote that wasted the Wisconson taxpayers money and time. I wouldn't want my coompanys' logo anywhere near this jerk. And yes..I have a company.
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  5. Now if I could just spell company right the first time...
  6. Didn't Russ Feingold go through the same quicksand in his last campaign vs Johnson? The judge must have thought he was above the law and it didn't apply to him.
  7. This clown is supposed to be serving afluent Ozaukee County? Dead man walking.
  8. NOW- how can anyone vote for a Judge who does not think the laws have to be followed by HIM. If you vote for him, you are Idiots. How will he judge you when you have to go up in front of him
  9. The ad infringes no rights of the NFL or the Packers. Maybe the photographers who own the copyright in the photos have a legitimate beef, but not the NFL. Does this ad suggest that either the NFL or the Packers endorse or are associated with Judge Wolfgram? That is the legal test, which the ad does not meet.
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    • Actually, you are wrong. The following are the NFL's copyright terms, taken directly from their web page:

      We own or license all copyright rights in the text, images, photographs, video, audio, graphics, user interface, and other content provided on the Services, and the selection, coordination, and arrangement of such content (whether by us or by you), to the full extent provided under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, you are prohibited from copying, reproducing, modifying, distributing, displaying, performing or transmitting any of the contents of the Services for any purposes, and nothing otherwise stated or implied in the Services confers on you any license or right to do so.

    • Actually, you are wrong. That language pertains only to text, images, etc that appear on the NFL website. The copyright in the photographic image itself is owned by the photographer who took the picture. The fact that the NFL wants to control anything and everything that touches the NFL does not make it true.
  10. While this ad points unfavorably to the sitting Judge's character and his willingness to overlook legalities for his own personal gain (and the man is a Judge?), the far more important matter at hand is the Judge's scandalous decision to abdicate his appearance of impartiality in putting his name to a highly political public document by signing a recall petition to remove Governor Walker from office-- a truly obnoxious act committed while sitting on the bench in conservative Ozaukee County which voted 69% for Governor Walker in 2010, and 71% in 2012.
    If you live in Ozaukee County, and you voted for Scott Walker, I urge you to vote for Joe Voiland on Tuesday April 2nd. Judge Wolfgram does not share our values.


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