http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/09/02/baseball.fansites.ap/index.html
Baseball is now forcing kids to take down their fan websites. I’m not a baseball fan, and never have been, for which I’m now very grateful.
Well, but…
I can see that, actually, without having to recast MLB as Evil. It’s a copyright thing.
damned free advertisment/good will! sue the bastards!
way to go, MLB
(does anybody actually care about them at this point?)
Even if MLB has the right to do this, anything they do at this pointis going to be seen in a negative light. They need positive press badly, and something exciting in the playoffs rather than the Braves choking in the WS to the Yankees for the third or fourth time.
This, while legal, isn’t positive. Bad Move.
Yeah, what SZ said. I don’t deny that they may have had a legal right to do what they did, but it was still a dumb dumb move, especially right now.
Just take out the logos, don’t tear teh site down. Jeez.
Fox has been doing this for years with X-Files and Simpsons fan sites.
Meanwhile, I heard the NFL actually encourages fan sites. If true, more proof the NFL is the best-run sports league.