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(...) well, here's my 2 cents: 1) no one can own words. An artist (I forget her name) presented Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities IN ITS ENTIRETY, to make precisely that point. In the ensuing court battles, she won. (no joke) 2) Model of the (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) FWIW, Model Railroader(tm) had a "Model of the Month" for many years, may still do for all I know (I'm no longer a subscriber). Not sure what that implies, just thought I'd throw it out as a perhaps useful bit of info. (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Larry may not be sure what it implies but I think I know what it implies to me... To me it implies that anyone trying to trademark a name as generic as "Model of the Month" is being silly at best. What if Fashion Magazine decided to start a (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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A few others to add to the list: ToadAuto.com MOTM: (URL) Model Building Mania MOTM: (URL) Car List Best MOTM: (URL) Model of the Month: (URL) Hobby Model of the Month Club: (URL) there is Joe Lauher's Construction Toy Homepage which has a MOTM (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) For the record, I agree with the word ownership sentiment. I did not at any point in time imply a word ownership in any legal sense. I simply made a polite request of someone and explained why I was making that reqest. Tobbe happened to accept (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Did I use the word 'trademark' once? (...) Look at the context of their use of the words as I explained in my last post. (...) This comment has nothing constructive in it, it is only childish and spiteful. I have attempted to steer this (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) And re-reading this, it could be interpreted that I thought Paul was being destructive. That's not what I meant. I meant to exempt him from that and say that I felt his comments were constructive. Doh! -Tim (23 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)
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