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It's not their stats that have protection, it's their likeness and names that require a license to use. Several games in the past have featured real rosters wit
by boomboomsubban 5y ago
It's not their stats that have protection, it's their likeness and names that require a license to use. Several games in the past have featured real rosters with fake names to get around this.
- Retric 5y agoLikeness presumably, but fantasy football doesn’t run into a problem with player names. So while companies would get sued over names it seems like they would also likely win. That said, graphics are at a point where player likeness is meaningful as is team jerseys. So customers would presumably prefer the licensed product.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoFantasy football is dealing in statistics. Using a persons name in your game implies they endorse your game, the players associations manage this stuff pretty closely.
- Retric 5y ago> Using a persons name in your game implies they endorse your game I am sure that argument would be made, but I don’t think customers actually think that. Especially if the game makes it clear it’s unofficial.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoI think there were court cases on infringement around thirty years ago, when games were being made where they'd just license Shaq or Ken Griffey Jr and the rest of the names would be fake.
- mbg721 5y agoI don't think it's really been tested legally, but during the 1994 Major League Baseball strike, there were a handful of (strikebreakers') names that the players' association got replaced in games.