Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/13/0931/05
I didn't believe this until I went to the "archived" version of the site. That 70 years of history has been put together by an individual out their love of an institution is a profound thing worthy of support, not the cutting off of air supply.
Apparently, there is no such things as "common sense" when it comes to the use of a so-called trademark law. While the name "Metropolitan Opera" might be a trademark, there is nothing legally to prevent me from saying the words as many times as I wish on a webpage. It saddens me no end to see that MetManiac has felt obliged to comply with the outrageous demands of the New York Opera Company. I wish that they had the wherewithal to fight this.
I truly fear that this is simply another episode of many more to come. And thus, our history disappears...
| Author | Dennis Moser + |
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| Quote | I didn't believe this until I went to the … I didn't believe this until I went to the "archived" version of the site. That 70 years of history has been put together by an individual out their love of an institution is a profound thing worthy of support, not the cutting off of air supply.
Apparently, there is no such things as "common sense" when it comes to the use of a so-called trademark law. While the name "Metropolitan Opera" might be a trademark, there is nothing legally to prevent me from saying the words as many times as I wish on a webpage. It saddens me no end to see that MetManiac has felt obliged to comply with the outrageous demands of the New York Opera Company. I wish that they had the wherewithal to fight this. I truly fear that this is simply another episode of many more to come. And thus, our history disappears... come. And thus, our history disappears... |
| Responds to | Lawrence Lessig/blog/2002/11/13/0931 + |
| Thing type | Blog comment + |
| When posted | 14 November 2002 01:00:00 + |
