MLB Declares war on ...fans....

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11:46a, 5/9/14

AG

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/07/major-league-baseball-has-declared-war-on-baseball-podcasts-apparently/

Sort of....kind of annoying for those of us who like to listen to talk about our favorite teams.

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When we woke up yesterday morning we lived in a world where any baseball fans who so loved their team that it inspired them to tell everyone about that love could do so in the form of a podcast on iTunes. When we woke up this morning multiple baseball podcasts had been removed from iTunes, at the request of Major League Baseball and/or Major League Baseball Advanced Media on intellectual property grounds.

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12:54p, 5/9/14

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So you're telling me that I'm going to miss out on the 3 RPiA per year that Ted actually gets around to recording?

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1:33p, 5/9/14

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The lesson here is that you need to go out to international waters. That way you can rebroadcast descriptions of MLB games with implied oral consent, not express written consent.