Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Baseball Cracks Down on Fan Sites

Posted by timothy on from the oddball-thought-patterns dept.

serutan writes: "Looks like Major League Baseball has joined other players in the big-media content industry to crack down on fans who overstep their proper place as consumers. Anybody with a website dedicated to America's favorite pastime better read this story on Yahoo."

7 of 258 comments (clear)

  1. Not flamebait by loraksus · · Score: 5, Flamebait

    But seriously, who cares about baseball anymore. It's not like the strike of '95ish didn't kill attendance at games, and there are more exciting sports to watch (australian rules "football" for example). Most of the people I know think baseball is a pain in the ass in the tv schedule, with games running 9 or whatever-the-hell extra innings.

    That said, this is a brilliant move on their part, nothing like pissing off hardcore fans to drum up hatred against the the MLB and lower their tv ratings to the level of donahue's new show.

    --
    1q2w3e4r5t6y7u8i9o0pqawsedrftgthyjukilo;p'azsxdcfv gbhnjmk,l.;/
  2. Re:Who cares? by ObitMan · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yes they do. And they get paid more than you will ever see in your pathetic socialist lifetime.

    --
    Who run Barter Town?
  3. Re:Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You really are a twat, aren't you?

    Japan might not be part of America, but Cuba, Canada, and Central America most certainly are!

  4. Re:Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Uhh..I thought you Brits played cricket. By the way, did you guys ever hear of an invention called the tootbrush. Just wondering, because it's been around for quite a while.

  5. Re:Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fucking Euro-trash. Don't you ever get sick of making snide comments about how the US is the man holding you down and you're powerless to do anything about it? The argument is getting pretty fucking old.

  6. Fan Sites Build Team Revenue, Don't Threaten Trade by reallocate · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Nice to see that /. is, once again, posting yesterday's news today.

    The use of team logos, etc., on a personal, noncommercial website certainly seems to fall within the fair use clause of the copyright law. On the other hand, trademarks have been lost because their owners were not diligent in taking legal action against any illegal use. However, a fan site exists only to build support and enthusiam for a team, which is all to the benefit of a team's bottom line.

    --
    -- Slashdot: When Public Access TV Says "No"
  7. Re:This says it all by benzapp · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And then the bastards sold out to other cities!!!! They actually thought everyone was going to leave NYC and California would be the new heaven.

    How can the Giants no longer be in the Empire State? The CITY of Giants??? It is an abomination.
    Now SF and LA are the biggest jokes in the world. hahahaha. Fuck baseball.

    --
    I don't read or respond to AC posts