On soapbox Some of you might remember a few years ago that Rupert Murdoch threatened to sue a small Maryland paper called "The Times", Murdoch's contention was that there could only be one "The Times" and that of course was "The Times" of London. The Maryland paper not having the assets to stand up to NewsCorp changed it's name to the Picayune Times or some such. So behold the sad of IP law as giant corporations try to lay claim to common words, ever wonder why Microsofts word processor was named Word, perhaps very soon there will be a © by every word in the great Oxford Dictionary of the English Language. In the meantime individual photographers have to jump through hoops to keep their photographs from image stealing web crawlers.
off soapbox Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Owens" > There was until recently a night spot in Charlotte called "The Polo Lounge" > Ralph Lauren and Co. sued saying the name "polo" was their property. Sure > fooled me. I always thought polo was a game similar to croquet played by > rich Englishmen on ponies. > > Bill KG4LOV > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Good light, > > Frantisek Vlcek (TM)(R)(C). All other mentioned trademarks are > > property of their disrespectful stealers, and William Shakespeare. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
