MLB, the new RIAA

I love baseball. But I hate "Major League Baseball". For years now, they've declared war on baseball fans (i.e. customers) by trying to use RIAA-like tactics to try and control every single aspect of their business. The latest: attacking Slingbox, and basically calliing Slingbox and it's users criminals.

"Of course, what they are doing is not legal," said Mellis [General Coucel for MLB Advanced Media] . "We and other leagues have formed a group to study the issue and plan our response. A lot depends on ongoing discussions. Plus, there's no guarantee that Slingbox will be around next year. It's a start-up."

Problem, is, of course, it's totally legal. You're already paying for the channels you can recieve through a Slingbox, and the Slingbox does not record. But MLB, yet again, wants to play the part of control freak.

As for the arrogant, dismissive jab that Slingbox is a start-up that might not be around next year, well that can be prevented.