Whose paying what?
According to a USA Today article, and Ricki my inside source, it's possible that Yahoo will have to pay a licensing fee for the use of fantasy baseball. Which would follow with the possibility of us having to pay a fee. Here is an excerpt and the article link for anyone interested:
"Generally, online sites aren't accepting players signing up for the upcoming season. But that lull isn't likely to last. Next week, Major League Baseball is expected to decrease the number of outlets offering its officially licensed fantasy games Ñ even as one game-maker is challenging MLB's authority to license anybody. CDM Fantasy Sports filed a suit Monday against MLB in a federal court in St. Louis. (Last year CDM provided online baseball games used by USA TODAY, but this year those games will not be available at USATODAY.com.) The lawsuit's gist, CDM lawyer Rudy Telscher says, is pretty simple: Can anybody own statistics? He concedes one needs MLB licenses for trademarked material. "And we're fine with not being able to use logos and bells and whistles where they have rights. The question, which hasn't been decided by any court, is whether the mere use of bare statistics associated with players is a violation."
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