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  <body>I would like to know if anyone else has encountered the harsh policy of the 2009 World Baseball Classic that shuts out all photo agencies (except to Getty)? The governing body of these games, Major League Baseball has informed me they made a pact with Getty Images in which they are the sole photo agency covering these games. As a result, all other agencies have been shut out.

This embargo slams the door in our face and I can only wonder what sort of deal Getty offered the MLB for this concession.

These games should take a page from the playbook from the Olympics and the World cup who have no such embargos in place.

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  <title>Getty shuts out all photo agencies from World Baseball Classic</title>
  <updated-at type="datetime">2009-02-17T19:31:40Z</updated-at>
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