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Old 04-18-2011, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by novakjr View Post
Topps is the only company licensed by the league. I believe that any company can still make cards. Just not with mlb logos and the such. Draft picks and minor leaguers in their college uniforms or plain clothes are still fine to make as long as you have permission from the player and/or player's union. I'm not quite sure how that works with retired/deceased players, but any company can insert an autographed cut card into any of their products. I believe even you, me or anyone else here could legally make a card out of these, simply by using an old non-copyrighted photo or original artwork(without team logos and/or pinstripes in the case of the Yankees) and some cardboard, and package it with whatever the hell we want to.
David

I think if someone tries to do that, he will face considerable push-back from CMG Worldwide http://www.cmgww.com/baseball/cobb/faq.html, acting on behalf of Cobb's estate.

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