Re: Cease and Desist!

Kirk McElhearn (kirk@LENET.FR)
Tue, 4 Jun 1996 10:38:38 +0200

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>> 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?

You cannot copyright a name. You can make it a trade mark.

If you are not using is for commercial purposes, tell them to screw
themsleves. They can do nothing.

Imagine if Bill Gate$ made the word "THE" his trade mark?

Kirk

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