On-Line Media Restrictions

Major League Baseball joins the NCAA this week by putting serious restrictions on the re-use of material gathered by the new media. In some ways, they are reasonable and understandable. It blends the growing restrictions on TV stations as the leagues look to protect their own channels. Still, no one tells the New York Times they can't run pictures every day in print -- only on-line. The mode of transmission should not matter.

For more on the Online Media Association response to MLB.