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"While some broadcasters are actually utilizing the Slingbox and appreciating its benefits, leave it to Major League Baseball to further alienate its dwindling fanbase. After cable customers were just barely able to get back in on the Extra Innings love, it appears that Sling Media is still being blacklisted in the eyes of MLB, as a recent interview with Michael Mellis, Senior VP and general counsel of MLB Advanced Media's offices reinforced the friction between the two. Most recently, Mellis and friends seem to be mulling a lawsuit against Sling, as he claims that the Slingbox \"allows viewers to circumvent geographical boundaries written into broadcast rights deals,\" and moreover, had no shame in admitting that profiteering was at the forefront of their minds by suggesting that \"if the league can't protect the rights it sells, that doesn't bode well for future contracts when it wants to resell the rights at higher margins.\" Reportedly, the CEA has indeed come to Sling's side by proclaiming that this case is a \"classic instance of copyright owners trying to suppress innovation purely because it empowers consumers.\" Of course, we hope you don't let Mellis' words get you too riled up -- after all, he also stated that \"there's no guarantee that Slingbox would be around next year as it's just a startup.\" Let the snickering commence.[Via CNET]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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