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MySpace: MLB Shuts down Cubbies Baseball MySpace

I knew MySpace recently took down profiles of more than 29,000 sex offenders…I guess Cubbies Baseball MySpace just got hit the hardest.

Are you wondering what happened to the Cubbies Baseball MySpace page? I was too..

Without notification from MySpace, the Cubbies Baseball MySpace page was shut down last Thursday and over 3,000 of our friends were left in the dark.

Since then I have learned that Major League Baseball had asked that MySpace close down any Major League Baseball MySpace pages. We still aren’t sure the reason, nor has MySpace replied to my numerous emails.

Its unfortunate that MLB won’t let fans appreciate their product and it is also unfotunate that MySpace can pull the plug on hard work without blinking.

Repoz Posted: August 22, 2007 at 03:16 AM | 22 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. McCoy Posted: August 22, 2007 at 04:39 AM (#2494712)

Ladies and Gentlemen it is fan appreciation night here at MLB. Then bucks says that if the flack for this grows they will allowed to come back.

2. jamcadbury Posted: August 22, 2007 at 05:51 AM (#2494753)

I've never seen a league that is so reluctant to make themselves accessible to fans. Good grief.

3. Lassus Posted: August 22, 2007 at 06:11 AM (#2494761)

I have a good friend who just interviewed to do trademark law for MLB. I'm glad she's turning them down.

4. Gambling Rent Czar Posted: August 22, 2007 at 07:23 AM (#2494773)

I've never seen a league that is so reluctant to make themselves accessible to fans. Good grief.

Isn't it amazing ..

MLBAM

5. PASTE is not impressed by Albert Pujols (Zeth) Posted: August 22, 2007 at 11:03 AM (#2494792)

Chances are strong this was done because there were MySpace pages out there that were critical of Uncle Bud and his merry cabal.

6. bob gee Posted: August 22, 2007 at 11:27 AM (#2494795)

there was a dispute months ago between barack obama and the guy who had founded the (what-became-official with obama's permission) barack obama myspace page.

i believe myspace's settlement was that the guy couldn't keep the 'official' barack obama page, but could keep the zillions of 'friends' they had accumulated.

7. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: August 22, 2007 at 11:33 AM (#2494797)

Myspace, like Harry Potter, is one of those cutural phenomenons I'm glad have passed me by unscathed. It's bad enough I know what a "Brangelina" is. I take some small comfort that there are things in the pop culture landscape to which I've managed to remain oblivious. I can't wait for my impending fogey-dom!

8. meatwad Posted: August 22, 2007 at 11:43 AM (#2494802)

i wonder how long untill MLB shuts down the bud selig myspace page. oh well i lost the login info for it a long time ago so i havnt been able to do much with it.

9. gef the talking mongoose Posted: August 22, 2007 at 02:11 PM (#2494873)

I've got a Myspace account but don't maintain a page in any way, shape or form & for that matter can't imagine why anyone would (though of course as mentioned before I suffer from a similar blind spot about video & computer games) -- I joined just so I'd be able to access certain pages (more specifically, so I could find out how to obtain a web-exclusive Dancing Did double CDR that preceded & was separate & distinct from the recent Cherry Red retrospective).

I mean, I gather the bloody site is owned by Fox, the ideological heirs of Joseph Goebbels.

10. Delino DeShields & Yarnell Posted: August 22, 2007 at 02:19 PM (#2494880)

May be a weak analogy but, it's not unlike corporate law departments going after domain names like [certain company]_sucks.com. Silly.

11. baseball fanatic Posted: August 22, 2007 at 02:20 PM (#2494882)

I mean, I gather the bloody site is owned by Fox, the ideological heirs of Joseph Goebbels.

Gee, I'm glad that you didn't use any hyperbole there, mongoose.

The next time someone unfairly characterizes someone on the Left as a Stalinist, don't complain about it.

12. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: August 22, 2007 at 02:25 PM (#2494889)

"It's bad enough I know what a 'Brangelina' is."

They sell those at Starbucks, right?

13. gef the talking mongoose Posted: August 22, 2007 at 02:46 PM (#2494915)

The next time someone unfairly characterizes someone on the Left as a Stalinist, don't complain about it.

I prefer Satanist, myself. YMMV.

(Or, failing that, Trotskyist.)

Anyway, yeah, I don't particularly worry about it, because the Left does include a fair number of more or less Stalinists, whether I like to admit it or not. Just as the Right does include a fair number of ... well ... Goebbels types (ever heard Rush Limbaugh, just out of curiosity?). Sorry about that.

14. Don't want the truth; just wanna see some dingers Posted: August 22, 2007 at 02:57 PM (#2494935)

I've got a page. it's nice to be able to maintain contact with old high-school and college friends, no matter how casual the contact is. It's better than no contact at all.

15. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless Leader

Posted: August 22, 2007 at 03:03 PM (#2494943)

They sell those at Starbucks, right?

How I envy you.

16. Toolsy McClutch Posted: August 22, 2007 at 05:30 PM (#2495133)

I tried to use MySpace once because a local hoops player supposedly had a page there. I found it... confusing.

Now Facebook, there's an app I love. I've met up with about 5 exs so far, and a whack of guys that I wish I hadn't lost contact with.

17. spycake Posted: August 22, 2007 at 06:20 PM (#2495231)

Now Facebook, there's an app I love. I've met up with about 5 exs so far

Is that an endorsement? For me, that's reason #1 to stay away from Facebook...

18. Toolsy McClutch Posted: August 22, 2007 at 06:25 PM (#2495245)

Endorsement from my perspective, I like keeping tabs on girls I've "known". I figure you'll never know when you'll need them again!

19. base ball chick Posted: August 22, 2007 at 06:35 PM (#2495258)

toolsy

you want to keep that wife of yours more than the 5 1/2 years youve managed to so far, best not let her find THAT out

20. The New No. 2 Posted: August 22, 2007 at 09:38 PM (#2495405)

I'm certain that some lawyer will correct me on this point, but doesn't the MLB or any other trademark holder have to pursue any type of infringement in order to prove that the trademark is being protected? If they didn't pursue these types of actions then it would seem that MLB lets people use the trademarks without their permission and if this happened enough then essentially MLB would lose any right to their original trademarks. Isn't this how the law works in the US?

21. RMc is the loyal supporter of the MLB event Posted: August 22, 2007 at 11:28 PM (#2495503)

I mean, I gather the bloody site is owned by Fox, the ideological heirs of Joseph Goebbels.

Gee, I'm glad that you didn't use any hyperbole there, mongoose.

The next time someone unfairly characterizes someone on the Left as a Stalinist, don't complain about it.

Aaaaaaaand they're off!!!!!

22. Dewey, Steven Wright Wannabe and Soupuss Posted: August 22, 2007 at 11:30 PM (#2495511)

If they didn't pursue these types of actions then it would seem that MLB lets people use the trademarks without their permission and if this happened enough then essentially MLB would lose any right to their original trademarks. Isn't this how the law works in the US?

That's certainly one theory. Disney's lawyers would probably agree with you.

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