First NFL, now MLB imposes online restrictions

This shouldn’t surprise you. Major League Baseball is instituting new restrictions for web content. Websites will now be held to two minutes of video (or audio) a day gathered at MLB facilities — but formal press conferences are exempt to this rule. Similar to the NFL, there’s no live streaming. But in an unique twist, sites will be limited to 7 photos per game. And no photo galleries, either (it’s unclear what they mean by that.) All non-text content must be removed after 72 hours. If you don’t follow the new rules, your press passes could be revoked. The Sports Business Journal has the story here, but a subscription is required.

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  1. Wow. That will increase the out of market fan base!

    Maybe they can afford it now without all the drugs…

    Oh wait. Are there generic steroids ;-p

    Posted by Anonymous | February 27, 2008, 12:12 pm
  2. There are so many ways to keep yourself entertained nowadays (that don’t cost $300 for a dugout box in Wrigley), they should be begging for non-steroid baseball coverage.

    Posted by Yeah, I'm a coward. Big deal. | February 27, 2008, 1:05 pm
  3. These guys should go back to marketing 101.

    http://www.RSSLiveTV.com – you can find plenty of ways to entertain yourself !

    Posted by geraldz | February 28, 2008, 10:35 am
  4. Does that mean that if you don’t cover a team you can use their stuff at will?

    Posted by Tom Planchet | March 4, 2008, 12:02 pm

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