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C.B.C. Distribution and Marketing, Inc. v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, LP. - Affirmed on appeal; Player names and statistics are in the public domain

Posted on 10/17/2007 by Keith Henning

Monday, the 8th Cir. affirmed U.S. District Court Judge Mary Ann Medler’s ruling last year in C.B.C. Distribution and Marketing, Inc. v. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, LP. At issue was a purely contractual issue, which we don’t care about here (CBC had a contract with MLB to use players names and stats. When it ended [...]

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