I have no excuse for forgetting the details, but I do
remember from law school that there were protections
for "hot news" that wasn't covered by copyright. the
cases dealt with war news, if I remeber correctly,
although I think there is at least one case on
play-by-play from basketball (?). I think there was an
antitrust cause of action, which would be humorous for
MLB to bring as the plaintiff.
Someone should step in to correct me here before I
ramble on too long in the wrong direction.
keith
- roberthelmer[_at_]charter.net wrote:
> Interesting article in Wired, at this link:
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,61119,00.html
>
> In my opinion, the following statement by MLB is
> just plain wrong:
>
> "'If someone is communicating information about a
> game in real time, on a
> pitch-by-pitch basis, that's an exhibition of that
> game," said Bob Bowman,
> the CEO of MLB Advanced Media. "There's no
> difference, in our eyes, between
> exhibiting a game using text and graphics and doing
> it on radio or
> television."
>
> "Using that argument, MLB says that it is entitled
> to a license fee, or that
> some other accommodation needs to be reached
> regarding gamecasts. What it is
> sure of is that anyone doing a gamecast needs to
> secure the rights to do so
> from MLB."
>
> Any other opinions?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Bob Helmer
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