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Re:Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, wha... by deepaksurti on Sunday October 09, 2016 @09:31AM (#12671109)
This is brilliant. May I ask you a question? I assume you are not using real team names or real players. If you are using real names, how do you handle the licenses? Sorry, not a baseball enthusiast hence could not figure if your team / player names are real.
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Re:Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, wha... by streptomycin on Sunday October 09, 2016 @09:51AM (#12671165)
Yeah, that's the reason I don't use real players :)

A lot of similar games simply ignore the law and pray they don't get sued (or that the publicity from a lawsuit would actually be good).

But I do have support for uploading custom leagues, and people have made them with various real leagues like the NBA https://github.com/alexnoob/BasketBall-GM-Rosters/releases/t... and the Philippine Basketball Association http://www.mediafire.com/file/1e8cq2l3rrndln5/PBA-GM-2016.tx...

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Re:Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, wha... by CoryG89 on Sunday October 09, 2016 @10:40AM (#12671380)
This seems like a good idea. Surely you can't be sued for user generated content which uses licensed team/player names.

I had previously mulled over trying to make a fantasy sports site using bitcoin, but since I am based in the US, the gambling laws are too prohibitive, even just using bitcoin.

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Re:Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, wha... by noir_lord on Sunday October 09, 2016 @12:39PM (#12671943)
> Surely you can't be sued for user generated content which uses licensed team/player names.

Probably not but I think they might be able to send a DMCA notice.

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