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More information about the MLBAM fantasy baseball licensing program, with an emphasis on the intellectual property issues. It would have been nice to get an idea from Bill Meyers at USA Stats and Rick Wolf at All Star Stats what they intend to do. It also isn’t clear what the FSPA (the trade organization of fantasy sports) is thinking.
It seems to me that for MLBAM to license the player’s likenesses and team logos makes sense. They own that stuff and if they want to make an additional buck off it they’re entitled to. But if the stats are in the public domain, as everyone seems to agree, it’s hard to see how they can prevent stat services from doing their jobs. It’s easy, however, to see how they might try.