According to the Associated Press Sports Editors website, Major League Baseball has modified their credential language in a crucial area regarding photographs.

According to the story on the compromise,

Sports editors overwhelmingly said their major issue with the proposed 2008 credential agreement was the restrictions on photo galleries. The latest credential places no restrictions on galleries except that it be a “reasonable” number of photos. Reasonable is the language used in the NFL credential and is code for “we don’t know what that number should be.” There is likely to be a difference of opinion on what that number is but until it is spelled out it’s just an argument, nothing binding.

Several others including the National Press Photographers Association, American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Associated Press, the Tribune Company and several other media companies fought the new wording in the credentials. The groups argued that the credentials were too restrictive and the credentials needed to return to the 2001 credential agreement.

Some of the other restrictions that were fought did not change. The new credentials are more favorable towards photographs, but MLB has continued it’s restrictions on audio and video. The credentials restrict media outlets to 120 seconds of audio and video. Additionally, they are only allowed to be archived for 72 hours. This area is still a point of contention and most of the groups contesting the credential agreement have stated they will continue to contest these restrictions.