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Re: GMLTC
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lugnet.trains.org
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Tue, 27 Feb 2001 03:00:53 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, John Kelly writes:
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> > And sorry John but i could copy right it before you do your first show and
> > sue your little *** for all its worth assuming your *** is worth something.
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> It is much too late. Our first shows happened in 1985.
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> > by the way Larry i copyrighted the Logo For MICHLTC. And as Federal Law
> > states i can copy right anything by just puting a circled c at the bottom
> > and that is true if you want to argue...
> > the next time you do a MICHLTC show i guess youll have to use a different
> > logo or ask nicely to get my permission.
> Kia-
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> Sorry you're so upset. Just a FYI on the copyright info. To successfully
> defend a copyright, I'm pretty sure that you need to show that you had the
> idea first. The circle-c is to help people protect their intellectal
> property simply, without a lot of paperwork. Placing a cirle-c is one
> thing, successfully defending it is another.
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> Regardless of if you could successfully defend the copyright on the logo, by
> law you are prohibited from copyrighting an idea, fact, title, name, short
> phrase, or blank form. To protect a name, you would need to apply for a
> trademark. (You can see more here : http://www.benedict.com/basic/basic.htm )
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> If it's really that important to you, we have not trademarked the name gmltc
> either as we like to spend our money on bricks. We can't stop you from
> calling your club gmltc too. Of course whether you're recognized as such in
> this forum is a matter of debate.
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> We don't change our ground rules about letting people display regardless of
> how angry they are, so if in the future you decide to bring something to a
> show, you are more than free to run it on the layout. Helping to build the
> layout however, requires a physical presence in Minneapolis.
>
> -John
Thanks for you kindness but FYI my name is spelled KAI not the car company.
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