Cappers Buzz

Before getting into some football stuff, I want to relay a recent phone conversation. The phone call begins, “Your article is the only decent thing in that Magnum annual.”  I tell the caller I have no idea what he’s talking about.  But after a bunch more calls, I do now.  Hundreds of thousands of people are getting one of those ubiquitous, anonymous, cheapo football mags going by the name of The Magnum Pro Football Football Annual 2006, (and yes, the title includes the name football repeated).   The Magnum Pro Football Annual (or “Football Football Annual”) purports to rate a bunch of sports books and poker rooms, most of which are just as anonymous.  And an article by me appears in it.  It is an old article, but I gave nobody any right to use it.   Additionally they don’t offer any contact information, negating any potential publicity value.

So it is lawsuit time, right?  Not exactly.  A check of the ownership of the web site supporting the publication indicates that it is a BetOnSports venture.  Which means that there will soon be nothing left to sue for.  Importantly, you should expect that the sports books and poker rooms “rated” by this annual are BetOnSports related businesses and are on the way out of business.  So despite the fact that they stole my content in a way that I can’t benefit from at all, it looks like there ain’t much that can be done about.  Oh, well.  I just wanted to disassociate myself with the Magnum Pro Football Annual 2006. My next post will be on something you actually care about….