The NFL has nixed a church’s plans to use a wall projector to show the Colts-Bears Super Bowl game, saying it would violate copyright laws.

NFL officials spotted a promotion of Fall Creek, Indiana Baptist Church’s “Super Bowl Bash” on the church Web site last week and overnighted a letter to the pastor demanding the party be canceled.

Initially, the NFL objected to the church’s plan to charge a fee to attend and that the church used the license-protected words “Super Bowl” in its promotions. The Pastor told the NFL his church would not charge anyone and that it would drop the use of the forbidden words.

Then the NFL objected to the church’s plans to use a projector to show the game, because the law limits it to one TV no bigger than 55 inches.

The church will likely abandon its plans to host a Super Bowl party, and other Indiana churches are deciding whether they should go through with their Super Bowl party plans.

“It just frustrates me that most of the places where crowds are going to gather to watch this game are going to be places that are filled with alcohol and other things that are inappropriate for children,” the pastor said. “We tried to provide an alternative to that and were shut down.”

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