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3187 REVIEW DENIED Publication of factual data concerning professional baseball players and their performance statistics, and of verbal descriptions and video depictions of their play is in the public interest and therefore constitutionally protected, so it cannot lead to liability for violation of the right of privacy or publicity.
GIONFRIDDO v MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL (Baseball Publicity) 94 CA4 400 [See: Comedy III v Saderup 25 C4 387, T/AT 6/01; Dora v Frontline 15 CA4 536, T/AT 7/93; Montana v SJ Mercury News 34 CA4 790, T/AT 6/95; Eastwood v Superior Court 149 CA3 409]
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