[10562] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Final CFN: Who's Who on the Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Nelson)
Sun Feb 27 02:43:11 1994
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 94 23:10 EST
From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
To: jtilton@jupiter.willamette.edu
Cc: unite@mailbase.ac.uk, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.88.9402261615.A24184-0100000@jupiter> (jtilton@jupiter.willamette.edu)
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 1994 16:07:22 -0800 (PST)
From: "James (Eric) Tilton" <jtilton@jupiter.willamette.edu>
Reply-To: "James (Eric) Tilton" <jtilton@jupiter.willamette.edu>
*sigh* Ok, call me an idealist up in my Ivory Tower (tm), but I think
this is sort of a sad milestone for the changing character of the Internet.
Whatever happened to the spirit of co-operation?
On Sat, 26 Feb 1994, jayne levin wrote:
> Who's Who's on the Internet is a pending trademark registered under Net
> Week Inc. Please cease and desist using this name, or I will pursue legal
> action.
Nice idea, Jayne, but first use is first use. Maybe you should be buying
the trademark from James Tilton?
-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> ftp.msen.com:pub/vendor/crynwr/crynwr.wav
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