Incredulous:

Fantasy baseball leagues are allowed to use player names and statistics without licensing agreements because they are not the intellectual property of Major League Baseball, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Baseball and its players have no right to prevent the use of names and playing records, U.S. District Court Judge Mary Ann Medler in St. Louis ruled in a 49-page summary judgment.

Does MLB really thing that fantasy baseball is stealing from them? If anything, it increases interest in the game. Some avid fans are also into the fanasty game but there are also many who are not natural fans and find themselves following along simply because of their fantasy league. However, they actually tried to prevent the use of baseball statistics for the basis of fanasty sports - at least not without royalties. It reminds me of some mainstream media organizations frustrated that people link to their stories, providing eyeballs for free.

This appears to be a basic failure to understand how to do business; operating with one myoptic eye on the cashflow and the other raised suspiciously at the customer.

(Hat-tip to Likelihood of Confusion)