Is it Okay to copy someones team???

[ozziesmith]

[quote:736ac8c1a0="El-Saltman"]Having just had one of my teams copied by another manager-

(hes in the same division as my team in another/other league(s), and put on players that probably most people wouldn't have on their draft card for that park as a first option, and were not compensation as the manager claimed to me, since they were also on my draft card)

I am wondering how the community feels about this in general?

Is it okay to do it under any circumstances?
Is some copying okay as long as its not a whole team?
Where do you think the lines are?

Recognizing that everyone looks at everyone else's team Im not referring to a player here or there- nor obvious stuff, like you put Bob Gibson on in a righty park, or a Barry Bonds type player.

Im talkin bout copying a ballpark (not unused but not a super popular one), putting the same players on your draft list as were on the team you looked at while making maybe a few changes for the players you felt could be improved on.

Please weigh in: :shock: :shock:


PS: If you are curious, I will post the 4 or 5 players that lead me to the 'mimicking' conclusion and the park.[/quote:736ac8c1a0]

Kind of takes the fun out of the game to just copy completely someones team. But that said, I don't think anyone has copyright protection to a team. Lots of people use DiamondDope to help build a team. Major league teams copycat other successful formats, etc.

Some posters make the comment that it is not about whether one legally can do this or not but that it is not cool. I understand and respect those sentiments. Like I said earlier, it takes the fun out of team building to just copy, but I don't really have an issue with someone choosing to spend their money that way. The pool of players is so deep that "most" players can be replaced with a similar performing player anyway.

[rburgh]

Copying an entire team ignores the influence of other rosters and ballparks. Suppose you copy a team that played in Forbes that won 102 games in a division with three weak managers in bomber parks.

You're unlikely to duplicate that result (or come anywhere near it) if the other managers in its division are more capable of fitting their teams to their parks, or if they are in small-ball parks themselves.

[ADRIANGABRIEL]

As if team composition reflects some kind of intellectual property.

HA!

Copy away, folks! Copy away.

[Salty]

Miss you A:

Nope, sure isn't intellectual property- especially legally, not a chance on that.

...but Im not sure why the success of the manager using that team would have any bearing.

My question dealt more with moral/community thoughts on it. Not legal issues.

[ADRIANGABRIEL]

I think we judge ourselves by our intent and we judge others by their actions. Also, Capital is amoral.

Also any manager can copy my teams. Of late, I seem to be exceedingly mediocre.

And that's all I'm going to say on that. Cats

[GFDWARF07]

[quote:6f9a61038b="Valen"][quote:6f9a61038b]then why wouldn't a new or struggling manager not want to try some or all of the things which the veteran managers with proven tracks records are doing. [/quote:6f9a61038b]
Because their only purpose is to provide filler for us vets to beat up on. Someone has to pay the $20 to be the losers in these leagues so we can store up our credits. These people should not forget their place/role and try copying or any other means of competing. :wink:[/quote:6f9a61038b]

now THIS was funny!