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Re: testing--to see why my message got butchered
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well, I guess that this message did not get butchered like it did here:
http://www.lugnet.com/market/theory/?n=1193
only thing wrong I see here is that line wrapping seems to be at odd places.
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Kevin Salm wrote in message ...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Salm <kdsalm@dreamscape.com>
> Newsgroups: lugnet.market.theory
> Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 7:45 PM
> Subject: Re: The Nugator Company for Sale ???
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> > > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > >
> > > > I already have pieniazek.org and another domain the name of which will
> > > > be revealed later.
> > >
> > > You too, huh? I have one already, which I will reveal hopefully in a
> > > couple of weeks. (It is a big project I have been working on since
> > > November, my schedule has been so screwed up lately, but after I get
> > > married in May, I will be able to stay at home during weekends, yea! :)
> > > )
> > >
> > > > What would I need with legoland.cc? No way would I be able to hold on • to
> > > > it, or if I could, Lego would surely not pay .5M for it. This person is
> > > > a fool. The number of domains that have changed hands in this price
> > > > range is well less than 1000. Well WELL less.
> > >
> > > Do you think TLG is going to go after this person? I would think so.
> >
> >
> >
> > At the risk of getting torched, I would like to inject a few thoughts • here.
> >
> > Disclaimer: I know nothing of law, internet law, trademark law, not even
> > traffic laws. I even have been known to have limited thought processes.
> >
> > First, the four letter word spelled L E G O is simply a combination of
> > letters that any number of people could have thought of. I do not know if • it
> > can be called a word. While this does make the commercial use of these
> > letters more unique, it is still just a bunch of letters.
> >
> > I know people with the last name Lego; they happen to be 100% Anglo-Saxon.
> > They do not know where this name originates.
> >
> > If I wanted to start a business doing who knows what--perhaps trash • hauling or
> > flower arranging or sell used cars, there should be no problem with me • using
> > the word Lego as the name of my enterprise. If my enterprise has nothing • to
> > do with children's toys make of plastic, then everything should be just • fine.
> I do not think that
> > The Lego Company would have any recourse. Trademark dilution would not be • an
> > issue at all as my products or services are totally unrelated to little • plastic bits.
> >
> >
> > Here are some genuine examples of why I believe this:
> >
> > 1. Hershey Chocolate Company has absolutely no affiliation with Hershey • Ice
> > Cream company, yet both companies use the name Hershey.
> >
> > 2. Ford is a name used by an automobile manufacturer; it is also the name • of
> > a company that sells chewing gum in little gum ball machines in various • places.
> >
> > 3. Until his death, my NY state senator was Mr. William Sears. Sears and
> > Roebuck attempted to stop him from campaigning using his name--they lost • the
> > legal battle.
> >
> > 4. In 1946, the famous Marx Brothers released a film titled "Casablanca"
> > Warner Brothers Pictures filed suit against the Marx Brothers since a film • by
> > the name "Casablanca" already existed--released by Warner Brothers. It • was
> > such a frivolous lawsuit
> > that the Marx Brothers brought counter suit against Warner Bros. for using • the
> > word Brothers in their name. This did not make it to trial (I don't • think).
> >
> > So, while I enjoy the products of TLC as much as everyone else here, the • use
> > of the word Lego and LEGOLAND is not so sacrosanct that no one else can • use it
> > privately or commercially. As long as it is not used for anything similar • to
> > TLC, there may not be any legal leg for our beloved TLC to stand on.
> >
> >
> > since I am probably wrong on several points:
> > go to lugnet.off-topic.debate to argue this further
> >
> > FUT: lugent.off-topic.debate
> >
> > _______________________________________________________
> >
> > Kevin Salm
> > ....The biggest fan of the Gray Lego brick....
> > _______________________________________________________
> > ....build every day for maximum satisfaction....
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| -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Salm <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> Newsgroups: lugnet.market.theory Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 7:45 PM Subject: Re: The Nugator Company for Sale ??? (...) I do not think that (...) plastic bits. (...) places. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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