Is illegal to use the real player and team names in a game? When I say game could be and desktop, mobile or fantasy game.
If is illegal, is ok to change a little bit names? Instead of using Messi could I use Messsi (or something similar)?
All gambling and statistics soccer websites have permissions to use those names?
Thanks!
Answer
No, not generally. Not without permission.
Gambling and stats sites are a different case. There's a difference between using someone's name in a factual article about that person and using their name and likeness in a FIFA-like game.
Minor spelling variations are not enough, otherwise we'd all be playing Lorrd of teh Ringz games.
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