Do people have the right to comment or live blog professional sports in the United States?
<p>Do private persons have the freedom to live blog or comment on games on progress in professional sports?</p>

<p>For example, can a web caster watch the game on TV and then give his running commentary and graphics showing the score on his web site or on Twitch TV?</p>

<p>(Note I am not asking about rebroadcasting video, just about a person making their own commentary and graphics for the game. By a "graphic", I mean, for example, a box score in baseball.)</p>

<p>In the United States at least, the answer is clearly "Yes". Absent some restrictive agreement to which the would-be blogger is explicitly a party, a person has a protected right to comment or report on events and publish opinions of them. The question does not mention a location or jurisdiction, and I am  not suren what the law on this point might be in non-US jurisdictions.</p>

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