Civil Litigation
Jul. 3, 2008
A Fair Call
In denying review of an 8th Circuit case, the Supreme Court affirmed that a private enterprise, in the business of selling big league fantasy baseball games over the Internet, did not violate the publicity rights of professional baseball players when the "gamers" used the players’ names and statistics without permission, writes Joel McCabe Smith - Focus Column
Google "fantasy baseball" and you get more than 6 million "hits," and the U.S. Supreme Court has just added another one. The court has denied real baseball's petition for certiorari of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeal's opinion that held a private enterprise, in the business of selling big league fantasy baseball games over the Internet, did not violate the publicity rights of professional baseball players when the "gamers" used the players' names and statistics without permission. The pe...
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