Posted by: Major Dan (markj89@charter.net) on Thu Sep 19 04:52:06 2002

Hi all:
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> > Thanks for your feedback. We hope to incorporate many of your ideas into the new video. We plan to use on screen diagrams to show the movements of the swing, which should be helpful, as well as frame by frame video. We've only got about one hour, but we'll do our best to respond to the feedback that we've received since the last video and provide you with an instructive, comprehensive, and high quality training video. The video will also be professionally created this time and available on DVD. A field training manual will also be included. We hope that we meet/exceed most of your expections.
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> > Unfortunately, we cannot use clips of pro ball players as it risks violating copyright and misappropriate of name/likeness laws, which is the same reason that we do not show their videos on the website.
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> > We will keep you informed as we progress.
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> > BatSpeed.com
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> I would think your concerns about using MLB players would be legitimate. I wonder how other discussion boards get away with it? What is the policy on posting a link to a video hitting clip of a MLB player or otherwise?
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> Mark H.
I suggest you contact MLB about this. These clips are freely available on ESPN.com and other sports sites. The MLB offical site has its own clip library. I would think that MLB would have a different policy for broadcasting entire games (big money) vs. taking short clips of a player for news or instructional purposes ( free promotion for them would be my argument - teaching a deeper understanding of the game, creating more fan interest).
I think a video analysis of a pro player or players would have the most value as an example of the right way to do things.
The worst that could happen from asking is to find out that they want too much money.