By Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune

February 01, 2010, 7:43PM

After a packed screening of the Saints’ NFC Championship victory at Uptown’s Prytania Theatre, co-owner Robert Brunet has had hundreds of requests for tickets to view the Super Bowl at the historic theater this Sunday.

But instead of preparing for the game, Brunet has been haggling with NFL lawyers for more than a week after he received a cease-and-desist letter telling him that the free screening had violated copyright laws.

A similar story played out at the Sheraton New Orleans hotel, whose managers had planned a massive projection of the game on the side of the Canal Street hotel but eventually ruled it out because of legal concerns.

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