Yahoo blitzes NFL with FF stats lawsuit

[[AK]Bribo]

"Yahoo has filed a lawsuit against the National Football League demanding access to player stats without having to pay licensing fees. Yahoo argues that player names, bios, and game statistics are not copyrightable information owned by the NFL, and that third parties should be able to make use of it for fantasy football leagues. Given a 2007 ruling on the same topic for Major League Baseball, there's a good chance that Yahoo will end up taking home the win."

Full story: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...ts-lawsuit.ars

[[AK]The Beast]

Good move to preemptively strike. It'd suck to get halfway through the season and have Yahoo get shut down by the NFLPA.