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| Owning stats
-- Mon, Jan 16 2006 11:19AM
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Why should a Web-based company have to pay to use baseball stats when newspapers and magazines don't?
I'm hoping this case will be DOA thanks to the precedent set in the NBA v. Motorola case, but if it goes in MLB's favor it sets an interesting precedent. Will print publications have to pay fees to print stats? Will MLB be able to (or try to) prosecute bloggers who provide the same data?
Baseball has made a strong recovery since the '94 strike season and though I have no hard evidence to prove it, I'm thinking the increased popularity of Internet-based fantasy leagues probably helped the sport regain its popularity. It'd be a shame to see such a great (free) marketing tool take a hit because of the league's greed.
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