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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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What does the word "punt" mean here?
"EA punts, gives $600k to former football star in Madden NFL rights flap"
From: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/ea-punts-gives-600k-to-former-football-star-in-madden-nfl-rights-flap/
Is this some reference to American football? The meaning doesn't seem to be literal.
From: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/ea-punts-gives-600k-to-former-football-star-in-madden-nfl-rights-flap/
Is this some reference to American football? The meaning doesn't seem to be literal.
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com/cases/jim-brown-publicity-rights engthy court battle with the former eight-time Pro Bowl player. The publisher is giving Brown $600,000 to settle a lawsuit that accuses EA of misappropriating his likeness. Punt = to surrender the ball to the other team so they can try to score.
- com/cases/jim-brown-publicity-rights engthy court battle with the former eight-time Pro Bowl player.
- The publisher is giving Brown $600,000 to settle a lawsuit that accuses EA of misappropriating his likeness.
- Punt = to surrender the ball to the other team so they can try to score.
- In this case, EA surrendered the court battle and paid the money.
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That's because Electronic Arts, the maker of one of the world's most popular video game series—Madden NFL—has given up its https://www.hbsslaw.com/cases/jim-brown-publicity-rightsengthy court battle with the former eight-time Pro Bowl player. The publisher is giving Bro
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