Major League Baseball (MLB) has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by fans over restrictions placed on the broadcasting and streaming of games. 

The suit was filed in 2012 and challenges how baseball grants exclusive broadcast rights to specific regions and then bars teams from broadcasting or streaming games outside of their home markets. 

According to a report from Bloomberg, the fans argued that the rules inflated prices, restricted choice and violated antitrust law. The plaintiffs in the case argued that competition was being limited by the current model, noting that regardless of which provider a baseball fan goes with, they have to deal with blackouts of certain games, depending on where they live. 

MLB confirmed the settlement to Bloomberg but wouldn’t comment on the details. 

Bloomberg notes that in this particular case, a District Judge has ruled that baseball’s exemption from antitrust law, which it won in 1922, does not apply to its broadcast contracts.