# why is major league baseball such a bitch about their clips on youtube

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 23, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-major-league-baseball-such-a-bitch-about-their-clips-on-youtube/638649 "2012-10-23T18:53:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-major-league-baseball-such-a-bitch-about-their-clips-on-youtube/638649/1 "2012-10-23T18:53:54Z")

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other leagues aren’t as fierce about taking things down

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-major-league-baseball-such-a-bitch-about-their-clips-on-youtube/638649/2 "2012-10-23T22:05:36Z")

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Because it works. It drives traffic to [MLB.com](http://MLB.com) and raises their advertizing revenue. They’ve decided that works as a business model.

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**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-major-league-baseball-such-a-bitch-about-their-clips-on-youtube/638649/3 "2012-10-23T22:12:53Z")

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What part of “expressed written permission of Major League Baseball” is confusing? 😃

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**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-major-league-baseball-such-a-bitch-about-their-clips-on-youtube/638649/4 "2012-10-24T00:49:57Z")

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yeah well if that’s the case why doesn’t the NFL and NBA and NHL demand youtube take down their clips too

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-major-league-baseball-such-a-bitch-about-their-clips-on-youtube/638649/5 "2012-10-24T02:42:48Z")

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> [@PSXer](#):
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> yeah well if that’s the case why doesn’t the NFL and NBA and NHL demand youtube take down their clips too

They’ve decided on a different business model. But I’ve seen them take down clips on Youtube as well.

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-major-league-baseball-such-a-bitch-about-their-clips-on-youtube/638649/6 "2012-10-24T14:23:21Z")

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> [@tim-n-va](#):
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> What part of “expressed written permission of Major League Baseball” is confusing? 😃

So if all I have is implied oral permission, I better head for international waters, huh?

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-major-league-baseball-such-a-bitch-about-their-clips-on-youtube/638649/7 "2012-11-02T17:23:32Z")

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It’s possible the other leagues instead run ads on the YouTube clips.