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Yahoo sues NFL Players Association

Associated Press

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS -- Yahoo Inc. has sued the NFL Players Association, claiming it shouldn't have to pay royalties to use players' statistics, photos and other data in its popular online fantasy football game because the information is already publicly available. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Yahoo filed its lawsuit Monday in federal court in Minneapolis. According to the complaint, a licensing arm of the players union has threatened to sue Yahoo if it doesn't pay for the information. The last of Yahoo's ...

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