Do I need copyright permission for a blog
<p>I am thinking of creating a sports blog, and would like to know if you need permission from a team or the league to write this blog. For example if I am writing a article about the Philadelphia Phillies would I need to obtain permission from the team to write that article? <strong>It is worth noting that I would be using AdSense to generate revenue from views of the blog, but not charging people money to view the blog.</strong></p>

<p>I don't know if this matters but I live in PA.</p>

<p>I am going to be writing about different stats and statistics for different sports teams, but I'm not sure if I can use the team names or player's names without infringing on copyright.</p>

<p>Team names and player names are facts, and therefore not protected by copyright. Even if they would have been, names are the normal way to refer to people and sports teams. This would have given you an additional "fair use" defense.</p>

<p>(The difference is that the first argument says it's <em>not forbidden</em> by copyright law, and the second argument says it would be <em>allowed</em> by copyright law.)</p>

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