Re: Cease and Desist!

seneca j gray (seneca@LCLARK.EDU)
Mon, 3 Jun 1996 17:20:40 -0700

On Mon, 3 Jun 1996, Arthur Chandler wrote:

> If you think "Absurd!" -- so did I, and so did other MOO wizards when
> they saw this. But the issue is not so simple, as I found out when I
> mailed EFF about the problem. If you like, I can post that response as well.
> Any ideas?

i'd like to see the response from eff...it seems to me in my limited lay
person's knowledge that the other party is confusing copyright law with
trademark law...a copyright protects an original artistic or literary
work, whereas a trademark can be used to protect, among other things, a
business name...afaik, you aren't violating his "copyright" cuz he
doesn't have a "copyright" in a business name.....................seneca