Susan Fontaine Godwin is an educator and long-time member of the worship community with 23 years of experience in the Christian music industry, church copyright administration & copyright management. Her mission is to help Christian organizations be fully copyright compliant through administration, consultation & education. Her passion is to build bridges between copyright owners and users of their content. She is affectionately known as the Copyright Queen. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Arlen Specter (D-PA) brandished
enough political ire to elicit a favorable response on Feb. 19 from NFL
Commissioner Roger Goodell that will now allow churches to legally host
Super Bowl events.
Sen. Specter had introduced a bill (S2591) Feb. 4 proposing to amend
chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, to provide an exemption from
exclusive rights in copyright for certain nonprofit organizations to
display live football games, and "for other purposes."
It took only 13 months—this is “lightning speed” in the world of
copyright deliberations—to render a positive solution. Here’s the stat
sheet on how things unraveled. Just prior to the 2007 Super Bowl,
the NFL intercepted an
NFL officials spotted a promotion of