Fantasy Sports Operator Retains Winning Streak over MLB Division

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling, concluding that C.B.C. Distribution (recognized as CDM Fantasy Sports) did not need a license from Major League Baseball Advanced Media to use MLB player names and statistics with its fantasy games.   MLBAM had argued that the commercial use of such data without a license was a breach of its rights, which it obtained in 2005 from the MLB Players Association.   In examining the events leading up to the ruling, th