Question: The National Football League (NFL) owns the copyright to the broad- casts of its games....

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Question: The National Football League (NFL) owns the copyright to the broad- casts of its games. It licenses local television stations to telecast certain games and maintains a "blackout rule," which prohibits stations from broadcasting home games that are not sold out 72 hours before the game starts. Certain home games of the Cleveland team were not sold out, and the NFL blocked local broadcast. But several bars in the Cleveland area were able to pick up the game's signal by using special antennas. The NFL wanted the bars to stop showing the games. Which one remedy should the NFL seek: compensatory damages, consequential damages or an injunction? Strategy: Make sure you understand the differences between these three remedies. (See the "Result" at the end of this section.)