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I don't know about other sports but I have researched this for the Premier League (soccer) and they own the stats lock stock and barrel. Even if you hired a bun
by kreek 16y ago
I don't know about other sports but I have researched this for the Premier League (soccer) and they own the stats lock stock and barrel. Even if you hired a bunch of mechanical turks to watch every game and jot down every shot and tackle the stats still belong to the Premier Leageue because the games are arranged by them. If you list the Premier League schedule on your blog you'll get a cease and desist unless you pay them a fee.
- LargeWu 16y agoAmerican courts have ruled that sports statistics are "pure facts", and therefore not copyrightable. In fact, companies like STATS, Inc. rely on the fact that they are public domain. When you pay STATS, what you are buying is the compilation and quality control they provide.
- notahacker 16y agoUK courts have ruled otherwise, and the FA has a copyright troll that specialises in sending c&d letters to webmasters displaying fixture lists and their webhosts.