The clash should have been foreseen, given the modern popularity and commercial appeal of "fantasy" sports games. But for a company that had been providing the service for thirteen years and had spent considerable time and resources developing the software central to playing fantasy sports on-line, it was a legal blindside — a strategically timed ambush executed with precision and surprise. On January 19, 2005, a senior vice president for Major League Baseball ("MLB") sent an e-mail to the Vice President of C.B.C. Distribution and Marketing, Inc., a fantasy sports provider, stating that MLB had entered an agreement whereby it would be the exclusive licensee of the baseball players' "rights with respect to interactive media Fantasy Baseball Games," and further urged C.B.C. to "be advised that if your Company is using the above-described rights without a license, all such uses much cease immediately."
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机译：鉴于“幻想”体育游戏的现代流行和商业吸引力，应该预见到这种冲突。但是对于一家提供服务已有13年历史并花费大量时间和资源来开发在线玩幻想体育的软件的公司来说，这是一个法律盲点-在战略上适时地进行伏击，并出奇制胜。 2005年1月19日，美国职棒大联盟（MLB）的高级副总裁向C.B.C.的副总裁发送了一封电子邮件。幻想体育提供商Distribution and Marketing，Inc.指出，美国职业棒球大联盟已达成一项协议，根据该协议，棒球大联盟将成为棒球运动员“有关互动媒体《幻想棒球》的权利”的独家许可人，并进一步敦促C.B.C. “被告知，如果贵公司未经许可使用上述权利，则所有此类使用将立即停止。”
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